"And just as you can find hip-hop lyrics beating up on all these groups, including young Black men themselves, the primary producers of the music, you can also find lyrics celebrating them."

-- Bakari Kitwana

#Men Quotes #Hip Hop Quotes #Black Quotes

“The purpose of art: to make the unconscious conscious.”
“Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.”
“I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected Bill Morris to be waiting for my call.”
“He who has attained the freedom of reason to any extent cannot, for a long time, regard himself otherwise than as a wanderer on the face of the earth - and not even as a traveler towards a final goal, for there is no such thing. But he certainly wants to observe and keep his eyes open to whatever actually happens in the world; therefore he cannot attach his heart too firmly to anything individual; he must have in himself something wandering that takes pleasure in change and transitoriness.”
“I'm not painting myself as a down-home, modest guy.”
“I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America.”
“Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness . . .”
“Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.”

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