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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
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I don't wanna get into that space where a lot of guys now, their solo album is like eight or 10 songs with other people, you don't get an idea of who this guy is. I just wasn't interested in that.
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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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You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
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I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh to it.
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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it.
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I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
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I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I'm just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way.
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Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years it's a name that the streets taught me a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name and it's time to expand and move on.
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That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
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I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
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I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as.
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I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
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I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.
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It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people.
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Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.
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To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.
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You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
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I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
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Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.
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I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.
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I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.
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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 that they represent.
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There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.
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I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.
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I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.
Written by Mos Def
That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Written by Mos Def

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