177 Quotes by Saul Williams

I’ve never believed it’s really so important that you conform to the ways of the system in order to beat the system. I think that the system follows a great deal.

It’s crazy when you see very little reflection between what’s played on the radio and what people are talking about in the streets. It lets you know how far off we are from a real movement.

There’s so much to be found in literature, especially if you don’t have the money to travel or the means to get out of your neighborhood or get off work.

I think it’s a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn’t seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that’s ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.

I think everything has its place. So if the ideas or the fluidity isn’t coming in writing, maybe it’s related to ingestions.

I think it’s misleading to think that art is only there for escapism, only there for our dreams of being rich and f – king whoever we wanna f – k.

A lie preserved in stained glass doesn’t make it more true.

The music aids the message, it’s there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence.

I'm very excited about the resurgence of vinyl which seems to parallel a growing interest in live performance.