Tidied Def Quotes

#1. I can't take it y'all
I can feel the city breathin
Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening
Sigh before we die like the last train leaving #Quote by Mos Def

#2. But the irony is that because the band isn't the focus any more, it allows me the chance to enjoy being a member of Def Leppard much more. #Quote by Rick Allen

#3. to shower. We'll see what kind of time I have left after that." "I can clean up, don't worry about it," Mitch said. "I got some sleep." "I need to be doing something now that I'm up," Angela said. After they tidied up, Angela retreated to bed for a while, saving a shower for later. She found sleep easily enough again, but it was still of the haunted variety. Some dreams were like her earlier ones, cruel but not revolting. Others were flat out nightmares. Walking hand-in-hand with him in the park only to have him vanish from right beside her. #Quote by C.M. Newman

#4. You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah. #Quote by Mos Def

#5. Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination. #Quote by Mos Def

#6. I actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it. #Quote by Vivian Campbell

#7. You have to be an extremist to believe that you're gonna be the president of the United States and your name is Barack Hussein Obama! And he's using extreme methods, but his application is very smooth. Michelle Obama is extreme, her presence is extreme. And it's an extreme good. Extreme is not negative. #Quote by Mos Def

#8. My comedy has no color, it's for everybody, black, white, Latino, Asian. It's not a pro-black show, not a def jam show; it's just straight, wholesome type of humor. #Quote by Bruce Bruce

#9. I still wasn't convinced that tossing a shoe didn't mean you harbored an anger-management problem, but I did understand love now. How it wrapped around you and made you more aware of the prickles on your skin, the roots of your hair, the intensity of every touch and every inch of you. It was like life on hi-def. Everything was sharper. #Quote by Erin McCarthy

#10. Why do I need ID to get ID?
If I had ID, I wouldn't need ID. #Quote by Mos Def

#11. 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. #Quote by Mos Def

#12. I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that. #Quote by Mos Def

#13. I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough ... they didn't mean enough #Quote by Mos Def

#14. I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice. #Quote by Mos Def

#15. I just didn't wanna put the pressure on myself to be in there [Def Jam South] to work as an artist and to have the hat as the executive with other projects. #Quote by DJ Khaled

#16. They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is. #Quote by Mos Def

#17. Although, your stripping skills could use a bit of work.

Yeah, well, excuse the fuck out of me. You just said take them off... wasn't aware I was supposed to put on some Def Leppard and make a show of it. #Quote by J.M. Darhower

#18. But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent. #Quote by Mos Def

#19. I learned [playing Chuck Berry] that there's something to be said for the courage of conviction, that sense of belief, being bold enough to believe in your vision. And there's a quote that really fits his particular energy. It says - they say don't go where the path may lead, but go where there's no path and leave a trail. I think that's exactly what Chuck did, you know. It's an inspiration to a lot of folks, not just musicians, but people everywhere. #Quote by Mos Def

#20. I want to be necessary and do good works. I ain't here to waste nobody's time, because I don't want you to waste mine. #Quote by Mos Def

#21. Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records. #Quote by Mos Def

#22. Well, I thought, as I tidied up the kitchen, there's no question that a man who works all week needs to relax on the weekend. There's no question about that. There's only a question about this: What about a woman who works all week? #Quote by Lucille Kallen

#23. I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are. #Quote by Mos Def

#24. Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients
Youngbloods can't spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation. #Quote by Mos Def

#25. She heard music. Angels singing? she thought, dizzy. It seemed odd for angels to sing after table sex. She managed to swallow on a throat wildly dry. "Music," she murmured.
"My phone. In my pants. Don't care."
"Oh. Not angels."
"No. Def Leppard. #Quote by Nora Roberts

#26. If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio. #Quote by Mos Def

#27. I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette. #Quote by Mos Def

#28. . . . even the surprise of harmless others in the house disturbed me. I didn't want my inner rot on display, even accidentally. Living alone was frightening in that way. No one to police the spill of yourself, the ways you betrayed your primitive desires. Like a cocoon built around you, made of your own naked proclivities and never tidied into the patterns of actual human life. #Quote by Emma Cline

#29. I don't read my own press, so I don't know what's being reported on a daily basis - I only hear about things when they reach a sort of Def-Con status, and my publicist calls me because we have to do some damage control. #Quote by Megan Fox

#30. I love jazz and pop rock and country. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Anne Murray - if I hear something really great ... I want to be a part of it. #Quote by Natalie MacMaster

#31. I remember 'Def Comedy Jam' being a big deal and kids talking about it in school, but it was never, 'I want to do that.' #Quote by Hannibal Buress

#32. African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations. #Quote by Mos Def

#33. It started off really ... claustrophobic. I feel like I was really really protected. Really guarded with myself. I feel like they [Def Jam] were giving me the blueprint and I couldn't get with that #Quote by Rihanna

#34. Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else. #Quote by Mos Def

#35. I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community. #Quote by Jay-Z

#36. I didn't think that and I didn't verbalize that to myself or within meetings that we ever had, but we wanted to make a hard-nosed, gritty, realistic spy thriller. Roger talked about using lenses. He shot hi-def, but using anamorphic lenses that he'd found from this warehouse. He was so thrilled with that. Him and Romain [Lacourbas] were just like kids in a toy store with their lenses. #Quote by Pierce Brosnan

#37. What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical. #Quote by Mos Def

#38. I tell people all the time, I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater. But, I didn't wanna do all of this. I would've been satisfied to do it, like, on the weekends among friends, and to have a regular job. #Quote by Mos Def

#39. I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it. #Quote by Mos Def

#40. With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know? #Quote by Mos Def