Saul Williams quotes - page 2

'Niggy Tardust' is the voice of a generation, a generation that does not define itself simply by what it's born into. (Saul Williams)
I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done. View quote
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What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves. View quote
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The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals. View quote
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If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct. View quote
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Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair. View quote
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The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence. View quote
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We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans didnt walk around Africa being black and proud, they walked around proud. View quote
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I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. It's not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written. View quote
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My father's a preacher, my mother's a teacher, thus... I rhyme. View quote
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Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it. (Saul Williams)
I'm very excited about the resurgence of vinyl which seems to parallel a growing interest in live performance. View quote
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I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the "black people's CNN." Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased, and highly suspect. View quote
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Jay Z and President Bush have a lot in common, that same brash confidence. View quote
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