Macklemore Quotes

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Macklemore

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 19, 1983

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

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

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I got sober, and I got happy again.

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Bullying is a national epidemic.

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

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

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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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There's this tendency to be like, 'Where's the negative stuff? How valid is the criticism?' But honestly, what people think of me is none of my business. If I live on the Internet looking for public approval, I'm going to be miserable.

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I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for it. You weren't able to enjoy it.' I want to be here, be now and be grateful.

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I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week.

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

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

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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.

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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.

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My partner has to have good sized bones.

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Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.

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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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I think people are enticed by indie rap and every time you have a group going against the grain, they're gonna be like, 'Wow, you did it yourself in 2012, that's impressive - how did you do it? What're you doing that's different? And how can I be a part of it?'

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

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