KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Talib Kweli Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Talib Kweli

Showing 11-20 of 84 Quotes by Talib Kweli

You have to learn how to harness technology so you can use it for positive stuff without being disconnected from nature.

~Talib Kweli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.

~Talib Kweli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.

~Talib Kweli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.

~Talib Kweli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders in the world, they're followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail.

~Talib Kweli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Talib Kweli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


And you know, art as commerce, doesn't really make too much sense, they don't go together.

~Talib Kweli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't think the label I'm on necessarily gets it, but I think over time they're gonna have to.

~Talib Kweli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.

~Talib Kweli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

~Talib Kweli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 3rd, 1975

Links

Find Talib Kweli on Amazon

Related Authors

Kurt Cobain
Bob Dylan
Eminem
Jimi Hendrix
Jim Morrison
Tupac Shakur
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa

Popular Authors

Leonard Cohen Helen Keller Bruce Lee Marilyn Manson Simon Sinek Thomas Sowell Rabindranath Tagore Swami Vivekananda

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1806 - Isambard K. Brunel

1821 - Charles Baudelaire

1865 - Adela Florence Nicolson

1872 - Leon Blum

1888 - Sol Hurok

1893 - Charles Simmons

1898 - Paul Robeson

1905 - J. William Fulbright

1906 - Victor Vasarely

1910 - Abraham A. Ribicoff

Birthdays on April 9th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Best Death Easter Famous Learning Motivational Politics Saint Patrick's Day