You can only be the great artist for so long - come out with effort after effort that garners all this praise. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
The thing that's carried over from my visual-art education into what I do musically is my openness. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I started as a visual artist and I've always dealt with music in that same sort of way. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
Questlove and I - we were in high school with artists like Boyz II Men and Amel Larrieux. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I feel like visual art, the culinary arts, the theatrical arts - the medium changes, the tools that you use to tell… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
Nah, I don't feel overlooked, underappreciated, or none of that because it's a short list of artists, past and present, that I… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I'll read a book. I'll watch a documentary or a film or whatever. I'll go to an art exhibit and just try… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I feel like I've been around for such a long time, as a writer and as an artist, that I need to… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
As we get further into our career we're figuring out how to become more efficient as artists, and doing so many different… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
My main concern is that there is a balance in the system and that some art-based hip-hop can get out to the… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I think the true artist - musician, dancer, writer, actor - a true artist is able to sort of articulate pain and… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
There are some millennial artists that I totally get and understand, and I know what they're talking about. People who I've worked… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
We are true to our name. We're somewhat beneath the surface, and I think well always be to a certain extent. — Black Thought Copy Share
Lots of people are saying that I shut down mumble rap in one 10-minute setting. But that wasn't my intention, because mumble rap -… — Black Thought Copy Share
For some music, lyrically, the best move is to keep it simple in what it is that you are saying, and just kind of… — Black Thought Copy Share
Anyone that I've ever worked with, it's not like I just meet you or someone throws us together for the sole purpose of coming… — Black Thought Copy Share
I think at the end of the day the diversity has served as a major... that's what has determined the difference between The Roots… — Black Thought Copy Share
It felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders the day I finally finished both verses for 'My Shot.' — Black Thought Copy Share
I remember when I was 15 or 16 years old, I couldn't imagine what life would be like past the age of 30, just… — Black Thought Copy Share
By the time I was, you know, 16 years old, I had done a lot of growing up. — Black Thought Copy Share
So in my personal opinion, I definitely feel like I'm a legendary emcee, and I also feel like we're a legendary brand, which is… — Black Thought Copy Share
We don't try to please everyone. Those older fans who expect something from The Roots are a tad more important to me than getting… — Black Thought Copy Share
You are an instrument if you understand your voice and how to use it - this sound, that sound and certain ranges and different… — Black Thought Copy Share
