“Becoming a father made me a lot more sentimental than I ever was before. I never cried at movies before I became a parent. I feel music more intensely. I think of my political ideas as ideas about how I want to interact with other human beings as opposed to abstract theories about how the world should be.” ThinkingWorldWantFeelsShouldHumansMadeIdeasPoliticalFatherParentHuman BeingsTheoryBecomingAbstractCriedSentimentalBecoming A Father Author:Boots Riley
“What the media is playing is what people want is really a false idea. Capitalism and people who control the market have a large hand in everything. It doesn't have anything to do with figuring out what the crowd wants to hear. It has to do with the media deciding what they think people want to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantIdeasHandsMediaCapitalismCrowds Author:Boots Riley
“A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.” ThinkingSupposed To BeSaying And Doing Author:Boots Riley
“In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started thinking about the fallout from relationships in which people feed off each other.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMadeRealityLife IsHurtSexismFallouts Author:Boots Riley
“I have tried to write songs quickly that get scrapped. I've also taken a long time on songs that get scrapped because you can over-think something, and you've squeezed the life out of it. As opposed to work of art, it looks like a really great work of craftsmanship.” ThinkingWritingLooksLongArtSongTakenLong TimeWorks Of ArtReally GreatGreat WorkCraftsmanship Author:Boots Riley
“I think there's something your hormones do that makes a chemical change in the way you think.” ThinkingWayChemicalsHormones Author:Boots Riley
“Rappers are usually rapping about knowledge they think people need to get by in the world. If there's no movement that gives the idea that the knowledge people need is how to take over the system, what they see is that people need to know how to hustle; people need to know how to survive.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldNeedsGivingIdeasKnow HowMovementRapRapperHustle Author:Boots Riley
