147 Quotes by Mos Def

I’ve been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don’t mind auditioning if something that requires that, but I haven’t had to in awhile, which is a nice place to be ’cause I’ve been on quite a lot of auditions in my life.

Bob Marley performed the ‘One Love Peace’ concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There’s always been that in black music and culture in general. It’s no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what’s going on in black life. It’s not unusual for hip-hop.

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

We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.

I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.

We blasted holes in the night until she bled sunshine.

You’ve got to validate every day. There are those who just put a stamp on it and say, “This is gonna be a good day and I’m not gonna let anything else make it a bad day.”

There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they’re really just propagandists.

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