147 Quotes by Mos Def

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

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.

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

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

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.

That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.

It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'

I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it.