Saul Williams Quotes

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Saul Williams

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 29, 1972

The most powerful political voices are those with a different way of seeing and processing the world and the sounds that emanate from it.

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More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry.

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I have an acquired taste for language, yet it is seldom an actual focus of mine.

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What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.

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

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I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. It's not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written.

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

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I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If he were to be harmed in any way, it would spawn the birth of a million Obamas.

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The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals.

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