Chuck D Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.”
-- Chuck DSource : "Rapping the Vote With Chuck D". Interview with Jeff Chang, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2004.
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“Burn, Hollywood, burn, I smell a riot goin' on, First they're guilty, now they're gone!”
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“Many have forgotten what we came here for, Never knew or had a clue, so you're on the floor. Just growin' not known' about your past... Now you're lookin' pretty stupid while you're shakin' your ass.”
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“Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't rebel against the Queen and then become the Queen yourself. I attribute much of the blame to testosterone-male dominance and patriarchy.”
-- Chuck DSource : Interview with Antonino D'Ambrosio, progressive.org. July 20, 2005.
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“I got a letter from the government the other day I opened and read it...it said they were suckers.”
-- Chuck DSource : Song: Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
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“Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood throughout their lives.”
-- Chuck DSource : Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. June 13, 2001.
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“If I can't change the people around me, I change the people around me.”
-- Chuck DSource : Song: Generation Wrekked
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“Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.”
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“There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.”
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“Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that.”
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“And when I say it, they get alarmed... 'Cause I'm louder than a bomb.”
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“No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game.”
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“Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it.”
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“To live a life you love, you must Love the life you live.”
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“I'm envious of the way that electronic dance music has organised itself. It has been able to understand what it ain't rather than what it is. And I think that slipped away from hip-hop as soon as the DJs lost the majority of the say so in the direction of the music.”
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“Reflect each day on all you have to be grateful for and you will receive more to be grateful for.”
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“I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.”
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“I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality.”
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“I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things.”
-- Chuck DSource : "Rapping the Vote With Chuck D". Interview with Jeff Chang, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2004.
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“I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.”
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“These days you can't see who's in cahoots, Cause now the KKK wears three-piece suits.”
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“Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them.”
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“I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.”
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“I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time as opposed to albums.”
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“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.”
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“Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.”
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