Best Talib Kweli Sayings
- You gotta eat right, you gotta have healthy habits, you know, and balance out your decadence with a healthy lifestyle during the day. Balance
- Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it. Grow
- You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any… Activism
- You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in… Abstract
- Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job… All
- As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't… Far
- Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and… Black
- I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop's ultimate… Critique
- I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not… Album
- If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper.… Activist
- If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't… Albums
- It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually… Any
- My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they play a lot… Antics
- My kids are the most inspiring thing that pushes me. It used to be because they were born, and I had to take care of… Better
- My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened to,… Bob
- So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're… Cent
- The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop.… Amplified
- The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving the… Artist
- There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will… Certain
- What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in… Albums
- What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about… Care
- I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot more brash, a lot more… America
- I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist. Album
- When Occupy Wall Street happened, I took my money out of Citibank. I already had problems with all the banks - Citibank, Bank of America… All
- You have to learn how to harness technology so you can use it for positive stuff without being disconnected from nature. Disconnected
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