That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
From Mos Def
I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.
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.
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.
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.
Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.
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.
I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.
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.
4 perspectives
3 perspectives
2 perspectives
1 perspectives