Quote by Mos Def
To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligen

To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldnt have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way. – Mos Def

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I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this. – Mos Def

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Bob Marley performed the One Love Peace concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. Theres always been that in black music and culture in general. Its no surprise because black music is such a reflection of whats going on in black life. Its not unusual for hip-hop. – Mos Def

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That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within. – Prem Rawat

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I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too! – William Shakespeare

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Working with big actors and realising that they were just normal people whove got an incredible talent was just a great experience. – Tom Felton

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Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life. – Horace

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