Macklemore Quotes

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Macklemore

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 19, 1983

I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song.

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

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I'm as honest as I can be.

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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 music should be experienced by people all ages.

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

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I put myself in the place of the listener when editing my writing. The last thing that I want to do is be preached at and told who to be or what to think when listening to an artist. However, I do want to be inspired. There's a fine line.

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

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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.

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

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

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You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.

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I'm a very conceptual writer.

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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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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.

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

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

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

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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.

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