Chuck D Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive.”

“I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.”

“My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly.”

“Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them.”

“I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.”

“I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality.”

“Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party.”

“My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person, human being.”

“Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.”

“One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't like that hip hop is full of infantile 35-year-olds. Hip hop cannot afford to be lazy.”