“I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people - and I can be included in that category sometimes - that get frustrated feeling like maybe the industry has handcuffed itself, or trained its artists to do or think about music in a way that classically hasn't led to the greatest records in hip-hop.” PeopleThinkingWayHas BeensI CanSometimesMomentsFeelingsArtistRecordsIndustryHip HopHipsHopsCategoriesFrustrated Author:El-P
“It’s such a floating freak show. You get a bit older and you start to see what’s going on backstage in the collective psyche of this ridiculous industry. … Nothing pleases me more than when somebody who was awe-inspired to be working with me realizes I’m just another schmuck that they’re bored of hanging out with on a set. I love that moment. I like it when that persistent illusion is smashed.” MomentsShowsBitsRealizingIndustryPleaseIllusionInspiredRidiculousBoredAweCollectivesThat MomentHanging OutFreakFloatingPersistentPlease MeSchmucks Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“Sugar is gone; silk has gone; iron is threatened; wool is threatened; cotton will go! How long are you going to stand it? At the present moment these industries...are like sheep in a field.” LongMomentsGoneFieldsIndustryIronPresent MomentSugarSheepThreatenedSilkCottonWool Author:Joseph Chamberlain