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Chuck D
Chuck D
American Musician
Born: Aug 1, 1960
Me Music People Think World You
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Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with some real people. Chuck D
People Confused Sit Down Some Wrong Real Real People Getting Means Right Right And Wrong Start Need
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 D
Positive People Negative Down Sliding Way Out Easy Easy Way Throughout Take Like Hill Because Understood Lot Up Mountain Times Times People Going Being Want Lives Basically
Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid. Chuck D
You Yourself Voting Stupid Big About Something Put Props Voted Supposed Course Because Around Glow Go Bragging Get Expecting Essential Again Then Useful Washing Now
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. Chuck D
Music You Culture Pay Pay Attention Embodiment Recorded Part Attention Genres Because Rock Hip-Hop Roll Actually
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. Chuck D
Music Art Culture Reality People Problem Sometimes Healthy Stay Escapism Get Away
Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound. Chuck D
People Try Record Never Make Sound Same Screaming Even Twice
I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from. Chuck D
Love Me Mother Father Made Mother And Father Secure Always Came Where Who Beliefs
Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet. Chuck D
Speak Somebody Community Jet Hood Claims Rap About Supposed Without Real Private Just Roots Your Who Keeping Need
I totally hate when somebody takes a classic and desecrates it. I like Jimmy Page and P. Diddy, but what they did to 'Kashmir' was a debacle. Chuck D
Hate Somebody Jimmy Classic Totally Takes Like Did Page Kashmir
People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection. Chuck D
People Support Feel Because Audio Real Artist Going Just Just Because File Connection
You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it. Chuck D
Work Time You Master Manage Your Hardest
I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day. Chuck D
Saying Day Crazy People First Lyrically Hundred Musical Nuts Thousand Rather Said Hand Than Choices Million Million People Raising
I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality. Chuck D
Music Too Much Lawyer Think Too Music Industry Mentality Industry Accountant Much
I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term. Chuck D
Before Down Invented Stuff Term
I believe that, artistically and culturally, the free radio air should be able to support local artists of whatever genre. Play 40 percent of your local artists; don't suck up to major labels to the point where you neglect your own locale. Chuck D
You Free Whatever Own Believe Local Neglect Air Able Percent Point Support Major Genre Up Labels Artists Where Should Your Radio Suck Play
People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white. Chuck D
Time People Confused White Consider Rap All-Time About Because Greatest Boy Hip-Hop Were Race Even Groups
Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party. Chuck D
Enemy Party Security Hip-Hop Public
The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it. Chuck D
Music Grace World Internet Saving Saving Grace Music Industry Parallel Promoting Glad Part Industry Exists Creating Exposing Even
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. Chuck D
Time Song Recording Believe Immediately Release More Freely Likely Make Opposed Albums
I was inspired by the classic rock radio of the Seventies. They separated Chuck Berry and the Beatles from the Led Zeppelins and Bostons and Peter Framptons of the time. In many ways, classic rock became bigger than mainstream rock. Chuck D
Time Beatles Chuck Chuck Berry Seventies Ways Berry Classic Classic Rock Inspired Mainstream Became Rock Led Than Bigger Separated Radio Many Peter
I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy. Chuck D
Grace Enemy World Internet Before Think Saved Saving Saving Grace Public Travelling
When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive. Chuck D
History You Travel World Understanding Come Without Ireland Very Going Listen Sensitive Watch
The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a lot to do with helping a songwriter be more reflective of reality, instead of being in an area where you have to process things. It's the difference between processing fish and catching it in a boat. Chuck D
You Technology Reality Immediacy Web Something More Area Write Songwriter Songwriters Instead Sharp Catching Between Fish Lot Quick Very Reflective Difference Being Where Process Processing Boat Us Helping Things
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. Chuck D
Human Being Daughter Develop Person Artist Human Just Being Asking Full Her

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