“We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans didnt walk around Africa being black and proud, they walked around proud.” IdeasBlackWalksRaceProudBlacknessReactionariesBarricades Author:Saul Williams
“I think everything has its place. So if the ideas or the fluidity isn't coming in writing, maybe it's related to ingestions.” IfsThinkingWritingIdeasRelatedFluidity Author:Saul Williams
“I'm somewhat of an empath, I would say. I relate easily to ideas and stories, books, films, music. I'm moved by all of these things. Art in general. But not just art, you know?” KnowsArtBookIdeasStoriesFilmMovedRelateEmpathsFilm MusicStory Book Author:Saul Williams
“The thing I've been talking about with daughter is the idea of - and I'm talking about essentially in America - the possibility of, a lost generation. I've been listening to a lot of music - as a fan, as a critic, as somebody who likes to dance - but I hear, you know, within these songs and half the people I hear, these philosophies encoded and embedded in these songs.” PeopleKnowsIdeasPhilosophyAmericaSongLostHalfTalkingGenerationsFansPossibilityListeningDaughterCriticsLikesEmbeddedLost Generation Author:Saul Williams
“Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.” LooksIdeasAbleBlackInfluenceEventsCriticismCurrentsRapRapperAspireGhettoEsotericCurrent EventsOld IdeasContainmentBlack Ghetto Author:Saul Williams
