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# Saul Williams

(1972)   Actor   United States

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Saul Williams is an actor from the United States, best known for *The dead emcee scrolls*.

## Quick Facts About Saul Williams

Born February 29, 1972

Nationality United States

Profession Actor

Notable works The dead emcee scrolls

Spouse Anisia Uzeyman

## About Saul Williams

Saul Stacey Williams is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer and actor. He mixes poetry with alternative hip‑hop and played the lead role in the 1998 independent film Slam. He also starred in the 2013 jukebox musical Holler If Ya Hear Me. His album Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño &amp; Friends At Treepeople was nominated for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.

##  Quotes by Saul Williams · Page 3

> [I surrendered my beliefs and found myself at the tree of life injecting my story into the veins of leaves only to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-surrendered-my-beliefs-and-found-myself-at-the-tree-of-life/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/legislation-won-t-necessarily-start-a-riot-but-the-right-song-can/)

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> [What I'm aiming to do within hip-hop is to point out that the music itself is powerful; it reaches so many people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/what-i-m-aiming-to-do-within-hip-hop-is-to-point-out-that-the-music/)

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[Hip hop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd8/saul-williams-3868_hip-hop_what-i-m-aiming-to-do-within-hip-hop-is_1130415.png)

> [I'm very excited about the resurgence of vinyl which seems to parallel a growing interest in live performance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-m-very-excited-about-the-resurgence-of-vinyl-which-seems-to/)

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> [I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the 'black people's CNN.' Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-remember-back-in-the-day-when-chuck-d-called-hip-hop-the-black/)

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> [i am like a survivor of the flood walking through the streets drenched with God surprised that all of the drowned victims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-am-like-a-survivor-of-the-flood-walking-through-the-streets/)

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[Flood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flood/)

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> [Punk rock meditation, that's what keeps it going. That's how I let go, you know. It's exactly what I do, I blast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/punk-rock-meditation-that-s-what-keeps-it-going-that-s-how-i-let-go/)

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> [Half of the popcorn sh-t that's out there, we know it's popcorn. But we're like, "It's my guilty pleasure." I feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/half-of-the-popcorn-sh-t-that-s-out-there-we-know-it-s-popcorn-but-we/)

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> [I don't really believe in writer's block or anything like that. If I'm not feeling words, I may pick up an instrument…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-don-t-really-believe-in-writer-s-block-or-anything-like-that-if-i-m/)

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> [“...We claim the present as the pre-sent, as the hereafter. We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/we-claim-the-present-as-the-pre-sent-as-the-hereafter-we-are-2/)

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[Fire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/saul-williams-3868_fire_we-claim-the-present-as-the-pre-sent-as_2190217.png)

> [There is no music more powerful than hip-hop. No other music so purely demands an instant affirmative on such a global scale.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/there-is-no-music-more-powerful-than-hip-hop-no-other-music-so-purely/)

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[Affirmative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affirmative/)

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> [When I look at certain aspects of popular culture - not everything because I like a lot of things - sometimes my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/when-i-look-at-certain-aspects-of-popular-culture-not-everything/)

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> [We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/we-cannot-continually-barricade-ourselves-under-some-falsified-idea/)

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[Africa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/africa/)

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> [Your library teacher would say, "What happens to a generation that doesn't read the Classics?" Me, I'm not your library teacher. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/your-library-teacher-would-say-what-happens-to-a-generation-that/)

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> [We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. We are not afraid of the darkness. We trust that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/we-are-unraveling-our-navels-so-that-we-may-ingest-the-sun-we-are-not/)

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[Alchemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alchemy/)

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> [I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-think-we-fool-ourselves-and-really-negate-a-great-deal-of-history/)

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> [Music has always pushed ahead social movements and can do much more than just dumb down a populace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/music-has-always-pushed-ahead-social-movements-and-can-do-much-more/)

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> [For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know the breath of our children so long for the sacrifice and endurance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/for-all-the-ghosts-and-corpses-that-shall-never-know-the-breath-of/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [The most powerful political voices are those with a different way of seeing and processing the world and the sounds that emanate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/the-most-powerful-political-voices-are-those-with-a-different-way-of/)

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> [Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/sometimes-our-thoughts-and-feelings-are-our-most-prized-possessions/)

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[Feelings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings/)

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> [I think that the heart is a lot like those wonderful fruit, like coconut and mangoes, you know, you have to break…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-think-that-the-heart-is-a-lot-like-those-wonderful-fruit-like/)

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> [There's so much to be found in literature, especially if you don't have the money to travel or the means to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/there-s-so-much-to-be-found-in-literature-especially-if-you-don-t/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/what-s-wrong-with-hip-hop-is-the-system-that-controls-the-definition/)

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[Airwaves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/airwaves/)

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> [I think everybody on this planet does that - trying to capture your dream after you wake up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-think-everybody-on-this-planet-does-that-trying-to-capture-your/)

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> [I've never believed it's really so important that you conform to the ways of the system in order to beat the system.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-ve-never-believed-it-s-really-so-important-that-you-conform-to-the/)

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> [You can travel through literature, and you can expand your mind through literature. It's so cheap to buy that kind of ticket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/you-can-travel-through-literature-and-you-can-expand-your-mind/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [American culture is often so self-consumed that we often think that our problems are just our problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/american-culture-is-often-so-self-consumed-that-we-often-think-that/)

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[American culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-culture/)

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> [The MC that we love are usually the ones that we consider be kinda heartless, like 50 Cent. That's pretty much the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/the-mc-that-we-love-are-usually-the-ones-that-we-consider-be-kinda/)

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> [I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-didn-t-ever-want-to-make-a-rap-album-i-considered-it-too-limiting/)

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[Albums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/albums/)

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> [I spend my time sitting in train stations, parks, parking lots, cafes, just looking at people - eavesdropping, basically. I'm vulnerable to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-spend-my-time-sitting-in-train-stations-parks-parking-lots-cafes/)

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[Cafes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cafes/)

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> [When I can feel you breathing into me i, like a stone gargoyle atop some crumbling building, spring to life a resuscitated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/when-i-can-feel-you-breathing-into-me-i-like-a-stone-gargoyle-atop/)

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[Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/)

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> [Art can play a major role. I look at art as an alternative source of energy, the same way we might look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/art-can-play-a-major-role-i-look-at-art-as-an-alternative-source-of/)

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> [There is nothing more negligent than attempting to address a problem one finds on a branch than by censoring the leaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/there-is-nothing-more-negligent-than-attempting-to-address-a-problem/)

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> [I want to connect music to its highest power - which is heightening consciousness and affecting people's reality. That can't be done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-want-to-connect-music-to-its-highest-power-which-is-heightening/)

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[Consciousness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consciousness/)

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> [I'm usually trying to get back into the dream or analyzing the dream. And yeah, the days, most days begin like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/i-m-usually-trying-to-get-back-into-the-dream-or-analyzing-the-dream/)

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> [The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/the-only-reason-i-ve-been-so-critical-of-hip-hop-is-because-i-ve/)

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[African american](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/)

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> [Сommercial hip-hop is not youth rebellion, not when the heroes of hip-hop like Puffy are taking pictures with Donald Trump and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/ommercial-hip-hop-is-not-youth-rebellion-not-when-the-heroes-of-hip/)

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[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [Fax me a fact and I'll telegram a hologram or telephone the son of man and tell him he is done. Leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/fax-me-a-fact-and-i-ll-telegram-a-hologram-or-telephone-the-son-of/)

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> [The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/the-downfall-of-the-industry-seems-to-actually-be-good-for-art-i/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [When I wake up in the morning, the first things that I see are the clouds. They're right there. I look out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/when-i-wake-up-in-the-morning-the-first-things-that-i-see-are-the/)

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[Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/)

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## Saul Williams by topic

[Rapper (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/saul-williams/) [Thinking (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/saul-williams/) [People (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/saul-williams/) [Music (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/saul-williams/) [Hip hop (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hip-hop/saul-williams/) [Time (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/saul-williams/)

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