Artists make art for themselves. Art is an honest expression. Artists who pander to their fans by trying to make music "for" their fans make empty, t…

- Talib Kweli

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

- Talib Kweli

Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

- Talib Kweli

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.

- Talib Kweli

I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.

- Talib Kweli

You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.

- Talib Kweli

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop son…

- Talib Kweli

Life is a beautiful struggle.

- Talib Kweli

Just because no one can understand how you speak, Don't necessarily mean that what you be sayin is deep.

- Talib Kweli