I wear anything of culture, from the Earth or beyond. The whole planet is my shop.
Interpretation
This quote expresses openness to cultural influences and the interconnectedness of the world.
Afrika Bambaataa's quote highlights the idea that culture is not confined to geographical boundaries but is a collective treasure that belongs to everyone. By stating that the planet is his shop, he emphasizes the abundance of artistic and cultural expressions derived from both our planet and beyond, celebrating diversity and the value of shared human experiences.
In practice
In a speech about cultural appreciation, one might say this quote to emphasize the value of diversity.
Everybody needs to show respect to each others' ways and the cultural life that you get on this planet. Don't get caught up on 'I'm brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.' You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492? All these names we're using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.
I'd like to see people pay attention to the science of hip hop. The knowledge part, the political side of what hip hop could do, or where hip hop is gonna go. I always say it's gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.
A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk about hip-hop, you're talking about the whole culture and movement. You have to take the whole culture for what it is.
We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.
I joyfully hasten to meet death. If it come before I have had opportunity to develop all my artistic faculties, it will come, my hard fate notwithstanding, too soon, and I should probably wish it later - yet even then I shall be happy, for will it not deliver me from a state of endless suffering?
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I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
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If you're performing music that is not who you are or where you're at, it is painful. It's painful for the performer and for the audience.
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