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I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it.


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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
TALIB KWELI I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by...
MOS DEF Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years. It's a name that the streets taugh...
MOS DEF People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, bot...
TALIB KWELI Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive move...
RYAN PHILLIPPE Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years it's a name that the streets taught...
MOS DEF So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being...
TALIB KWELI Mos Def is one of the most creative, intelligent human beings I've had the opportunity to work w...
JILL SCOTT African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to coll...
MOS DEF What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective end...
MOS DEF Reckless capitalism kills black people.
MOS DEF Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring ...
MOS DEF You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're e...
MOS DEF I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that...
MOS DEF Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like wi...
MOS DEF I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity sho...
MOS DEF That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It sho...
MOS DEF Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
MOS DEF If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just k...
MOS DEF But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
MOS DEF I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
MOS DEF Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close togeth...
MOS DEF I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic....
MOS DEF You have to be an extremist to believe that you're gonna be the president of the United States a...
MOS DEF I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.
MOS DEF With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and...
MOS DEF To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as...
MOS DEF I've always loved rhyming. I love language.
MOS DEF You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
MOS DEF I'm inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion...
MOS DEF You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
MOS DEF My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
MOS DEF It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a ...
MOS DEF I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.
MOS DEF And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
MOS DEF I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really...
MORRIS CHESTNUT I play the guitar. This year at the Sundance film festival, I joined the band from 'The Guitar&#...
SAFFRON BURROWS Es gibt keinen Grund warum Kinder Chaucer [engl. Dichter des 14.Jhd., Anm.d.Red.] nicht genauso gut ...
STAR TREK I'm not retiring.
MEL TILLIS I actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it.
VIVIAN CAMPBELL The money doesn't interest me. I'm not enjoying MotoGP, and I'm retiring.
CASEY STONER Def Comedy Jam.
MARTIN LAWRENCE MOS RELATIONSHIPS FAIL DUE TO THEIR COMMENT.
BETA METANI' MARASHI I'm retiring because my time is up.
DAVE HICKEY I'm just ah, actually developing a tv show for HBO, and I'm directing a film this summer, an...
BRUCE MCCULLOCH I'm not skinny for the wrong reasons. It's not because I'm bulimic or anorexic or doing ...
LINDSAY LOHAN I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of...
EARL WEAVER Lift every voice and sign the rest!
THEE AMAZING GRACE Actually, I'm not a gym rat. I'm not a gym person - I've never been. I've always bee...
PAIGE BUTCHER There's probably a bunch of Power Stripe floating through the Def Jam offices right now.
METHOD MAN Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
YANCY BUTLER I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. ...
J. COLE I'm relieved that after all these years of doing atrocity work, I still cry my eyes out every ti...
SAMANTHA POWER I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional.
TOM FORD I'm not living for when I have a Number One record or when I make a million trillion dollars. I&...
DANNII MINOGUE Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's los...
SADE ADU I'm actually more confident when I'm tan.
SHANINA SHAIK I'm tough, I'm pushy, I'm really loud. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about it. ...
CHRISTINE QUINN I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
EDDIE MURPHY I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it.
DAVID JOHANSEN I'm doing it. I'm going to become a mom.
GLOZELL Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I&...
NAS I like to take out the recycling because I actually feel like I'm doing something.
MIKE QUIGLEY I'm fitter than I've ever been, I'm actually very, very healthy and I'm happy.
SHANE WARNE It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I us...
SALLY PEARSON Retiring is a strange word. I'm 27 years old. I've still got stuff to do.
AARON PEIRSOL I'm actually a very private person. Sometimes I'm in denial that I'm really famous.
BRITNEY SPEARS I'm not an impersonator. I'm a lousy impersonator, actually.
HELEN MIRREN I'm older than I'd like and I'm creaky, but I'm doing alright.
DAVID CROSBY I know what you're doing, though."

"I'm glad somebody knows what I'm about, because I see...
GRACE BURROWES Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
WERNHER VON BRAUN Idolizing is a strong word, though. I'm happy that people respond well to the work I'm doing...
SCOTT WOLF I'm living on this positive mind frame where I'm only attracting positive things. I'm co...
SHAMEIK MOORE When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted...
JACKSON POLLOCK My name is Ella; that's who I am at school, hanging out with friends, while I'm doing homewo...
LORDE Def Leppard is a rock band that can sing.
VIVIAN CAMPBELL Mëso të mos e shkatërrosh me fjalë atë çfarë ke ndërtuar me heshtje.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI I'm always doing something musically - when I'm working or when I'm off.
ZOOEY DESCHANEL Modelling isn't something I'm doing to prove people wrong. It's something I'm doing ...
KENDALL JENNER I'm constantly doing new stuff. I'm always excited. I'm a one-man tornado.
KENNY SCHARF I'm actually rubbish at selfies. I always feel a bit ridiculous doing it unless I'm with a b...
POPPY DELEVINGNE I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.
ZOE CASSAVETES I'm like Madonna: I'm Ming-Na. Just my first and middle name. That's it. Pure and simple...
MING-NA WEN I’m sorry.” Once again, those were the words. And now, anytime someone says I’m sorry, I’m g...
JAY ASHER I'm against retiring. The thing that keeps a man alive is having something to do.
COLONEL SANDERS Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what...
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS I know what I'm doing. I know I'm shocking you.
MILEY CYRUS I have ADD or something. Even when I am doing something, it's me on the computer, I'm painti...
CHARLYNE YI I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
DAMIEN HIRST The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone.
EDDIE VAN HALEN Sometimes I get so bold and I'm so confident about what I'm doing that I actually try to be ...
JOHN MAYER If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.
KENDRICK LAMAR I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing.
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK My name is Adam Sandler. I'm not particularly talented. I'm not particularly good-looking. A...
ADAM SANDLER I'm perfectly happy to eat organic food, but if I choose to pay more for it, I don't pat mys...
MATT RIDLEY I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.
BARBARA PARK Even after doing that TV thing, 'Roswell,' I'm still waiting to see my first UFO.
KYLE MACLACHLAN I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm a...
RICCARDO MUTI I'm a Capricorn, actually.
BILL KELLER When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, ...
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MOS DEF Reckless capitalism kills black people.
MOS DEF Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring ...
MOS DEF You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're e...
MOS DEF I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that...
MOS DEF Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like wi...
MOS DEF I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity sho...
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MOS DEF Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
MOS DEF If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just k...
MOS DEF But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
MOS DEF I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
MOS DEF Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close togeth...
MOS DEF I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic....
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MOS DEF I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.
MOS DEF With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and...
MOS DEF To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as...
MOS DEF I've always loved rhyming. I love language.
MOS DEF You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
MOS DEF I'm inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion...
MOS DEF You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
MOS DEF My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
MOS DEF It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a ...
MOS DEF I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.
MOS DEF And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
MOS DEF Pour Some Sugar on Me,
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DEF LEPPARD ya better come inside
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