Macklemore Quotes
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Strip away the fear, underneath it's all the same love
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Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that is a such an intrinsical part of hip-hop music.
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I was always the type of person, and still am the type of person, that I cannot be creative and use substances. So from a very early age I knew that if I wanted to make music, successfully, in any capacity, I was going to have to get sober.
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Drug culture is extremely prevalent and probably most people know somebody whose life has been affected by drugs, if it's not their own or in their own family, they have friends. It's a never-ending process.
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A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are.
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I don't control life, but I can control how i react to it
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I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.
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I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.
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One man's trash that's another man's come up.
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The moment is now and we cant get it back from the grave.
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The one thing I will never do is buy a shirt because of its name, especially when it's $600 for that shirt. To me, that's ridiculous. It's just a shirt; it's not worth the money.
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If I'm using drugs and alcohol, it means that I've given up on my fullest potential.
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I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.
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I write to the beat and let life play the guitar strings
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No law's gonna change us We have to change us Whatever god you believe in We come from the same one Strip away the fear, underneath, it's all the same love About time that we raised up!
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The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint The greats were great because they paint a lot
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I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
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Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.
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And know that every struggle in life is there to teach you a lesson It's times like this that make you
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Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.
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We become so numb to what we're saying.
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I wanted to get clean. I knew that my highest potential, the place that I was most spiritual, the place that I was the most rich in terms of my life, and my livelihood, and my art and my creativity, was when I was sober.
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Thrift shopping is really just an extension of me being that same kid and going into a place that's completely unconventional that has really endless possibilities in terms of outfits that you can put together and really just expressing yourself.
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If I can be an example of getting sober, then I can be an example for starting over
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When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless, Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen, I might not be the same, but that's not important. No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it.
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I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them - there's tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine.
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I can write for weeks or months sometimes and edit it down to a song. I feel like it's a piece of music that will hopefully stand the test of time and hopefully capture a moment in history if I'm doing it correctly and honestly.
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Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.
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