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Talib Kweli
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"So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there’s a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output."
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Talib Kweli
Topic(s):
Relationship
"I think its man’s nature to go to war and fight."
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Talib Kweli
Topic(s):
War
"I think once you’re in the public eye, whether you’re a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you’re automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question."
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Talib Kweli
Topic(s):
Teacher
"The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it’s like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it’ll be a hip-hop song. That’s the only music you can do that with."
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Talib Kweli
Topic(s):
Music
"We’re in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of."
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Talib Kweli
Topic(s):
Politics
"War is not civilized."
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Talib Kweli
Topic(s):
War
"Ain’t nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals."
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Talib Kweli
Topic(s):
Music
"Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction."
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Talib Kweli
Topic(s):
Politics
"I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop."
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Talib Kweli
Topic(s):
Power
"You know, I’ve learned a lot from every person I’ve collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I’ve taken something important away from every experience."
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Talib Kweli
Topic(s):
Experience
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