Talib Kweli Quotes

Now I'm the father of three children; I'm not able to go live on a bus and do semesters around the country like I did when I was young.

And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.

Having children really changes your priorities.

I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.

Being a mum has made me a lot more responsible, it's not just me anymore. But it's also brought me the most joy ever!

Love is different at different stages of your life.

Now I'm 30; I'm starting to think I'd love a family. I think it will happen one day.

We grow because the clamorous, permanent presence of our children forces us to put their needs before ours. We grow because our love for our children urges us to change as nothing else in our lives has the power to do. We grow (if we're willing to grow, that is: not every parent is willing) because being a parent helps us stop being a child.

Raising children has made me more patient and selfless.

Before you have kids, you just have much less to worry about. It doesn't feel that way, but it's true. Once you have kids, your focus has to change, I think, at least to raise kids right. You can't just focus on yourself; it's too hard.

Fatherhood is the best thing that could happen to me, and I'm just glad I can share my voice.

We spend most of our lives in relationships or bringing up children which are a product of relationships.

I've made decisions along the way so I would be there for my kids, and it's kept me from going places I would have gone.

Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.

I would not be a good mother. I mean, I love being an aunt to my niece and nephew. And I used to want to, like, adopt 10 kids - because I had friends who were adopted, and I thought that was the coolest thing, to be chosen. But again, my job is too selfish.

I see that children fill the existential hollowness many people feel; that when we have children, we know they will need us, and maybe love us, but we don't have a clue how hard it is going to be.

I had a family, I had children, I got married. My ambition changed.

There's something honorable about holding out for love and not breaking up for the sake of the baby. I see people get divorced, and there is a part of me that thinks, I wonder how hard they tried?

Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.

I was always going to make music, but I cleaned up my act a lot just to be a good dad and a husband. That sort of changed my career professionally, too.

I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school.

I'm starting my own family, and there is no other feeling like it.

My children keep me real and keep me honest.

First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.

Having kids has been a turning point in my life because when I was still single, all I wanted was to impress beautiful girls.