Talib Kweli

By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It…

— Talib Kweli

War is not civilized.

— Talib Kweli

There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to…

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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.

— Talib Kweli

Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.

— Talib Kweli

I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I…

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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.

— Talib Kweli

You have to learn how to harness technology so you can use it for positive stuff without being disconnected from nature.

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I call these rappers baby seals, cause they club you to death. I could call them Navy SEALs, cause they government feds.

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You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be…

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The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm…

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I like the fact that I can rep New York, but my style does not - I'm not trapped in a New…

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When you a man, action is whats expected, nothing is spoken on.

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With Prisoner of Conscience, the focus was - I've worked with Madlib, High Tech, Kanye West, J Dilla. I feel like I've…

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A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders…

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I speak to God directly, I know my God repect me, because he let me breathe his air and he really blessed…

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It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big…

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I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.

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When I'm in the studio, I'm strictly thinking about the beats, the rhymes and the song. The decision I make once the…

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I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a…

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I see that happening with hip hop purists now. Where you have an artist like a Kendrick [Lamar] or a Drake, who…

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When I was a teenager, the way some of these kids out here be actively gay, it would have been ridiculed in…

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I'm spinning records and I look across the restaurant and I see somebody who looks Asian. And I'm like, "Yo, that looks…

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I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint…

— Talib Kweli

What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar…

— Talib Kweli