Chuck D Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.”

“I totally hate when somebody takes a classic and desecrates it. I like Jimmy Page and P. Diddy, but what they did to 'Kashmir' was a debacle.”

“People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.”

“People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white.”

“Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet.”

“You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake.”

“The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it.”

“I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things.”

“I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.”

“You have to wait for people to program you. The only difference is the amount of people that you're going to reach but that's going to even out in the next two or three years anyway. Computers are being bought faster than televisions right now.”