Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.

Quote by Talib Kweli

Topics: Compromise Quotes

But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.

But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.

Yo, I speak at schools a lot cause they say I'm intelligent. No, it's cause...

Yo, I speak at schools a lot cause they say I'm intelligent. No, it's cause...

Those who trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

Those who trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

I think music sharing of any kind is great.

I think music sharing of any kind is great.

Niggas with knowledge is more dangerous than niggas with guns. They make the guns easy...

Niggas with knowledge is more dangerous than niggas with guns. They make the guns easy...

The street slang I be speakin in code. Kick in the do's, freakin the flow...

The street slang I be speakin in code. Kick in the do's, freakin the flow...

But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

Woman are complex creatures.

Woman are complex creatures.

You gotta fast forward just to catch what i said. I say some shit like...

You gotta fast forward just to catch what i said. I say some shit like...

We commute through computers. Spirits stay mute while our ego spread rumors. We're survivalists turned...

We commute through computers. Spirits stay mute while our ego spread rumors. We're survivalists turned...

I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge...

I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge...

Or is it the mind state thats ill, creating crime rates to fill the new...

Or is it the mind state thats ill, creating crime rates to fill the new...

Saying nigga just to keep our teeth white, like Paul Mooney. Fighting spiritual wars, like...

Saying nigga just to keep our teeth white, like Paul Mooney. Fighting spiritual wars, like...

Y'all niggas can't hang like a loose noose.

Y'all niggas can't hang like a loose noose.

I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy. I rock with The Roots like...

I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy. I rock with The Roots like...

A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world,...

A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world,...

The chosen one, from the land of the frozen sun where drunk nights get remembered...

The chosen one, from the land of the frozen sun where drunk nights get remembered...

A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke, but my language universal they...

A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke, but my language universal they...

At exactly which point do you start to realize, that life without knowledge is death...

At exactly which point do you start to realize, that life without knowledge is death...

Stop acting like a b*tch already, be a visionary.

Stop acting like a b*tch already, be a visionary.