Mos Def Quotes

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.
Mos Def

Best, Trying, Else

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.
Mos Def

Crazy, Rude, Shy

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.
Mos Def

Love, Peace, Family

I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.
Mos Def

Hate, Nobody, Helpless

That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Mos Def

Love, Peace, Humanity

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
Mos Def

Good, Art, Vocabulary

All the things that are worth doing, take time.
Mos Def

And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
Mos Def

Home, Alone, Remember

Hip-hop is the last true folk art.
Mos Def

Art, True, Last

I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
Mos Def

Wind, Somebody, Ask

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.
Mos Def

Life, Time, Experience

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.
Mos Def

Words, Read, Language

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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Positive, Time, Money

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.
Mos Def

Love, Give, Off

Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.
Mos Def

Feels, Followers, Obsessive

You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
Mos Def

Life, Experience, Ask

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.
Mos Def

Together, Different, Eyes

But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
Mos Def

Live, Deserve, Decent

I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as.
Mos Def

Self, Between, Separation

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.
Mos Def

Best, Beautiful, Find

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.
Mos Def

Mind, Black, Condition

I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
Mos Def

Try, Nobody, Sound

I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.
Mos Def

Become, Culture, Beat

I have mad brims.
Mos Def

I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.
Mos Def

Cool, Door, Face

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Nationality: American

Born: December 11, 1973

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