Macklemore Quotes

American - Musician June 19, 1983

You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

You Long Go Speak Compelled Injustice Watch Against Only Out Say Something Until

My partner has to have good sized bones.

Good Partner Bones Sized

'Vote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity.

Love Change Equality Humanity Vote Means Right

I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week.

Thrift Week Five Times Shop Shops

I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.

Music Think Like Want Sell Because Going I Think Make Something

Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.

You Technology Create Kind Given Prehistoric Sampling Textures

Bullying is a national epidemic.

Bullying Epidemic National

I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.

Myself People Artist Want Give Just

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I'm as honest as I can be.

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

Song Will Who Reach Expectation I Write Any Become Kind Might Write

I think music should be experienced by people all ages.

Music People Think Should Ages Experienced I Think

Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.

Music Heart People Medicine Acts Connects Medium Moves Strings Therapy Ways Other

You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.

You Old Us Willing Approaches Crumbling Front Labels Major Model Unconventional Because Take

I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.

Want Fun Have Fun Smiling Booth Definitely Rapping Recording Tool Use While

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

People Poetry Way More Beat Challenging Front Piece Reading Rocking Than

I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.

Life My Life Spiritual Rest Career Easy Problems Spiritual Life Find First Put

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.

Music Great Money Purpose Along Fame Sole Sole Purpose Make Stuff Why

I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.

School Baseball High High School Base Freshman Freshman Year Main Played Sport Third Year Until Up

I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.

World Men Think Creativity Behind Fashion Fashion World Lack Particularly I Think Wrong

I'm a very conceptual writer.

Very Writer Conceptual

Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.

Think Consciousness Rap Popular Exactly Exists Gets Term Thrown Around Lot

I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.

Great Song Day Random Couple Every Day Great Song Weeks Every Times Write

I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.

Time Think Rights Take Civil Civil Rights Develop Issues I Think Lot

I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.

More Than Out Conscious More Or Less Rapper Any Less Other

'The more expensive the better' is kind of the American way, and if you spent $600 for a sweatshirt, then that makes it better.

You Better Way More American Way Expensive Spent American Kind Makes Then

I got sober, and I got happy again.

Happy Sober Got Again

Do you want to live life, or do you want to escape life?

Life You Live Life Live Escape Want

When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.

You Yourself Difficult Mess Publicly Vulnerable Again Get Out Put Up

The reason why I meditate and pray in general is just to remind myself that it is not about me.

Myself Me Reason Just General Meditate Pray Remind About Why

Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.

You Shopping Expectation Find Shop Thrift About Going Having Might

I don't feel like I'm grown up. I feel like I'm a kid.

Feel Like Up Kid Grown I Feel Like Grown-Up I Feel

The question is, What type of human do I want to be? How do I want to use my platform? Do I want to be safe, under the umbrella of my white privilege? Or do I want to push back and resist?

Safe White Push Back Platform Privilege Question Resist Type Umbrella How Human Use Want

We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.

People Who Help Tell Ask OK Need

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