234 Quotes by Talib Kweli

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

Life is a beautiful struggle..

People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.

What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about poor people,' which is a large part of what you hear of corporate hip-hop on the radio.

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.

The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road.

There just needs to be a gay rapper who's better than everybody. That's when that question will no longer be able to be asked.

When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.

The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.