#k

Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary. ↗

— Mos Def

#followers #freaks #me #obsessive #out

I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as. ↗

— Mos Def

#between #deal #having #i #i see

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. ↗

— Mos Def

#eight #get #guy #guys #i

I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically. ↗

— Mos Def

#door #face #feels #firmly #i

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do. ↗

— Mos Def

#door #face #feels #firmly #i

It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people. ↗

— Mos Def

#any #artist #available #black #embraced

They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#making #money #nickel #ton

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk. ↗

— James Joyce

#cheese #corpse #gone #meat #milk

With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know? ↗

— Mos Def

#beauty #being #expression #guys #i

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. ↗

— Edgar Degas

#make #others #see #you