If you don't feel the blues, then you're not listening. Then you're just a professor or something. — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
I've always loved independent music stores because the staff is usually there because of a genuine love and appreciation for music. They're more in-tune… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
Strategies are great, business models are great, but the reality is your music has to mean something to people. — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
If you don't believe inside yourself that you can learn a lot, nobody's ever going to do that for you. Nobody's ever gonna give… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
I try to make music that's really real. I've always liked music that makes me feel something. I'm not a brain first, music second… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
The key is always the actual art itself, the actual music. There are all these myths out here that like, if you do this… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
I would just like to see hip-hop journalism in general take a step up and match the artistry. There have been great writers in… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
Feeling is always first for me in anything. I think the only way for sure that I know how do that is to write… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
I'm albino, my family is white, but I was really raised, and taught my important life lessons, by the black community. — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
The kids now are more productive than we ever were; they're a lot more prolific and productive in the sense that they have to… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
All the pressure I have is from myself. I have a lot of pressure inside me. I wanna be great. I don't wanna be… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
