Mos Def Quotes

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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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  • Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination.

    "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council (2003 Cover Story)". Interview with Ben White, www.complex.com. January 11, 2016.
  • Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.

  • I don't have advice for people on how to dress. People should dress based on what they find beautiful. My best advice: Keep your clothes clean.

    "The Artist Formerly Known as Mos Def" by Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. September 11, 2012.
  • Young bloods can't spell but they could rock you in PlayStation...

    "Song: Mathematics (Black On Both Sides)". October 12, 1999.
  • 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.

  • If it's just fame for the sake of being famous, no one even cares about you - and you don't even care about yourself because you're like, "This is so ridiculous."

    "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council (2003 Cover Story)". Interview with Ben White, www.complex.com. January 11, 2016.
  • I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.

  • You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.

    "Go on Chuck, just make my day" by Paul Morley, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2008.
  • Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

  • To me, it's like happiness is about happiness, but happiness is a fight.

    "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council (2003 Cover Story)". Interview with Ben White, www.complex.com. January 11, 2016.
  • 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.

  • I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.

    "House Music: Mos Def". Interview with Spank Rock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 29, 2009.
  • I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it.

    "Mos Def To Retire His Name, Will Become Yasiin". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 7, 2011.
  • And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble, But I disregarded detour signs, And did not stop til you was mine. I guess God was like, 'Aight, fine.' Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps. Try to give it back, He be like, 'Nah, that's yours to keep.'

  • When people say I don't see you enough, well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist or just 'cause you haven't heard me don't mean I haven't been making noise. But if I keep making noise, you'll pick up.

    "FEATURE: Mos Def, Quiet As Kept 2.0". Interview with Clever Hope, www.xxlmag.com. June 15, 2009.
  • I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.

  • Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.

    "Song: Dont Look Down". 2010.
  • I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

  • I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.

    "House Music: Mos Def". Interview with Spank Rock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 29, 2009.
  • We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.

  • I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.

    "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council (2003 Cover Story)". Interview with Ben White, www.complex.com. January 11, 2016.
  • To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming.

  • Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

    Song: Fear Not of Man
  • I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.

    "House Music: Mos Def". Interview with Spank Rock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 29, 2009.
  • I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.

    Song: Ms. Fat Booty
  • You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.

  • I like to read the 'Financial Times' when I'm traveling. 'Economist.' 'Ad Busters.'

    "FEATURE: Mos Def, Quiet As Kept 2.0". XXL Magazine Interview, www.xxlmag.com. June 15, 2009.
  • I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew, inherently, that there was something wrong. There's not a lot of regard for the property by the residents.

  • 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.

    "House Music: Mos Def". Interview with Spank Rock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 29, 2009.
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