Mos Def Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.”

“I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13.”

“I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.”

“I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it.”

“Reckless capitalism kills black people.”

“I don't wanna get into that space where a lot of guys now, their solo album is like eight or 10 songs with other people, you don't get an idea of who this guy is. I just wasn't interested in that.”

“I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I'm just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way.”

“Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years. It's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment.”