"What I take from writers I like is……" — Mos Def
"What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical."
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90 Quotes by Mos Def
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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I'm blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle
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Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?
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Speech is my hammer bang the world into shape now let it fall - HUNGH
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I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's…
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They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really…
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Restlessness is my nemesis/ It's hard to just chill and sit still
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With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the…
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I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition…
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I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.
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To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be…
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I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going…
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