Mike D Quotes

Any great art is meant to illuminate the human condition.

When we separate music from life we get art.

Look at Bob Dylan: his voice is not a great sound, but it gets the idea across... and that is what's really important.

Paul Gray - he believed in my art, and I believed in his music. Together, we decided to change the world, and that's what we did.

There is still consciousness in hip hop.

Music is in my DNA!

Not all poetry wants to be storytelling. And not all storytelling wants to be poetry. But great storytellers and great poets share something in common: They had something to say, and did.

That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know.

I mean, what is music anyway? It's a form of communication - at least for me it is. And that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.

I feel like 'Next To Me' is a great introduction because it's a simple song that has a simple message for me. I wanted to introduce something that lyrically I'm proud of and introduces me both as an artist and as a writer.

Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.

Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.

Music is the soul of language.

I don't really know that there's any real rules for songwriting.

I love musicians. I think artists are the most amazing people because they're constantly creating beauty for the world. With all the crazy stuff going on in the world, then there's artists reminding us of our humanity and reminding us of our heart and soul and what really matters.

Art has to address eternal issues.

I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social and political - everything. It has many layers. But art has to have many layers. If it doesn't, then forget it.

We're all going about trying to make beauty in the world and trying to make order out of chaos. And that's what art is.

I think that music has an endless life.

I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art.

I'm not a politician or a scholar or political historian. I'm just a photographer who's trying to capture a spirit. It's not an intellectual process; it's an intuitive process.

I use music as a medium to talk to people.

Scientifically, information is a choice - a yes-or-no choice. In a broader sense, information is everything that informs our world - writing, painting, music, money.

Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.