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Quote by Boots Riley

“I thought there were too many songs about people's personal lives.”

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Boots Riley is an American poet known for his sharp political satire and critical poetry. His works often focus on social injustice, racial discrimination, and class struggle, winning the admiration of a wide audience. more

“I've been involved in a lot of different kinds of projects. I've been on straight hip hop tours. I've been on underground rock tours. I've been on multimillion selling rock shows. I've been in the jam band thing, and both commercial and underground hip hop. Very few people listen to one kind of music.”

People Kind Different Shows Rocks Involved Band Projects Hip Hop Selling Hips Hops Different Kinds Jam

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“What I'm trying to do is make music that people relate to, that talks about ideas that are personal but also make that connection to trying to make revolutionary change, and I don't need to change my music to get to a certain audience.”

People Needs Trying Ideas Certain Audience Connections Relate Revolutionary Need A Change Revolutionary Change

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“I am a person who always feels like I am not doing the right thing because there's always so many things that need to get done.”

Needs Feels Persons Done Right Thing Doing The Right Thing

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“I think there's something your hormones do that makes a chemical change in the way you think.”

Thinking Way Chemicals Hormones

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“When my daughter was born, that was the first time I cried from happiness.”

Firsts Born Daughter First Time My Daughter Cried

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“A lot of people heard about gin and juice for the first time from Snoop Dogg, but it was nothing new in rap music, and it was nothing new in the black community.”

People Firsts Black Community Heard First Time Rap Juice Nothing New Gin Rap Music Black Community

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“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.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows World Needs Giving Ideas Know How Movement Rap Rapper Hustle

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“All of a sudden it became that hip hop didn't used to be about partying; hip hop used to be about putting out a message.”

Used Party Messages Hip Hop Used To Be Hips Hops

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