“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
“I wanted to be part of changing the world. I don't want to just stand by and watch it be however it is.” WorldWantWantedWatchesChanging The World Author:Boots Riley
“What first got me involved in politics was being 14, and a youth organizer comes to my house with a van full of 14 year old girls. "Hey, you want to go to the beach with us? But first we're going to go support the cannery workers' strike in Watsonville."” WantYearsFirstsGirlHouseSupportYouthInvolvedWorkersStrikesHeyBeachVansHey YouOrganizer Author:Boots Riley
“I wanted to write a song about sexism, but I didn't want to do it in a mechanical way and be like, "Don't be sexist!" because that's not how I talk in regular life.” WayWantWritingWantedSongSexismSexist Author:Boots Riley
