Macklemore

I'm as honest as I can be.

— Macklemore

My partner has to have good sized bones.

— Macklemore

We become so numb to what we're saying.

— Macklemore

We are what we wear, we wear what we are

— Macklemore

I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week.

— Macklemore

I'm a very conceptual writer.

— Macklemore

And weed's not a drug - that's denial

— Macklemore

Live tonight, cuz you can't take it with ya.

— Macklemore

No freedom til we're equal...damn right I support it.

— Macklemore

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled is commiting that women look better in their makeup

— Macklemore

Us as rappers underestimate the power and effects that we have on these kids

— Macklemore

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

— Macklemore

Gay rights are human rights, there is no separation.

— Macklemore

If I'm using drugs and alcohol, it means that I've given up on my fullest potential.

— Macklemore

I learned from my teachers but became through my music

— Macklemore

Born into this world alone, and alone you'll go out.

— Macklemore

God loves all his children, somehow we've forgotten, but we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago.

— Macklemore

Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity…

— Macklemore

The trust that I once built has been betrayed. But I'd rather live tellin' the truth and be judged for my mistakes,…

— Macklemore

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

— Macklemore

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

— Macklemore

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

— Macklemore

Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that…

— Macklemore

It's just way more fun making art, growing, grinding for a fan base, and traveling the world with a friend.

— Macklemore

I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music,…

— Macklemore

I'd always thought that if I could get sober and stay sober, I would be able to have a career making music.…

— Macklemore

I've never been a religious person. I've been a spiritual person since I was about 15, 16, when I was first introduced…

— Macklemore

It's been so long since I've really truly felt what it's like to live life without substances to help. Massive struggle that's…

— Macklemore

I want to be someone who is respected and not just in terms of my music. I want to be respected in…

— Macklemore

Thrift shopping is really just an extension of me being that same kid and going into a place that's completely unconventional that…

— Macklemore

I definitely use "smiling while rapping" as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording. At times it…

— Macklemore

Gay is synonymous with the lesser It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion Gender to skin color, the complexion of…

— Macklemore

Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere Only motivation for what the dealer's supplying That rush, that drug, that dope Those pills, that crumb, that…

— Macklemore

Under that light rain, beaming in the night game, can't stop now, keep moving, no brake pads. Came here to prove a…

— Macklemore

I see a lot of people dressing very similarly, and I see brands being cool because of their name and because of…

— Macklemore

One mans trash, thats another mans come up.

— Macklemore

The people like 'Damn, thats a cold ass honky.'

— Macklemore

Expectations are resentments waiting to happen

— Macklemore

One man's trash that's another man's come up.

— Macklemore

Little bit of humble, little bit of cautious.

— Macklemore