Author: Saul Williams

Quotes

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.

- Saul Williams

My father's a preacher, my mother's a teacher, thus I rhyme.

My father's a preacher, my mother's a teacher, thus I rhyme.

- Saul Williams

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

- Saul Williams

You can't do anything that's not political in this time and age.

You can't do anything that's not political in this time and age.

- Saul Williams

The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence.

The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence.

- Saul Williams

There's no doubt in my mind that 'Slam' is going to be huge. It's a film about the power of language. People are going to see this and get blown away.

There's no doubt in my mind that 'Slam' is going to be huge. It's a film about the power of language. People are going to see this and get blown away.

- Saul Williams

I've always been inspired by a lot of work coming out of the UK.

I've always been inspired by a lot of work coming out of the UK.

- Saul Williams

I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life.

I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life.

- Saul Williams

The MC that we love are usually the ones that we consider be kinda heartless, like 50 Cent. That's pretty much the prowess and power of an MC. That's what sells.

The MC that we love are usually the ones that we consider be kinda heartless, like 50 Cent. That's pretty much the prowess and power of an MC. That's what sells.

- Saul Williams

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