What I'm trying to do is make music that people relate to, that talks about ideas that are personal but also make… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
If the only time you bang the drum is when it's time to get someone elected, and you don't get involved in… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I always have thought that part of being involved with life is the same thing as just wanting to kick it with… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
The folks that are suggesting Occupy move to electoral politics are ignoring history, ignoring what actually creates change. People get involved in… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
If what you want is actual change, then what has to be built is a mass movement that is militant and can… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I think there's something your hormones do that makes a chemical change in the way you think. — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do is put forth, musically, the idea that there's hope that we can change the system. — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
We're told, 'If you want to change the world, vote.' And really, if you want to change the world, there's a lot… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I think it's important for us not just to edit the culture that capitalism creates but to create the material basis for a culture… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do is make music that people relate to, that talks about ideas that are personal but also make that connection… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I thought my parents were always having card parties - and they were - but they were actually also having meetings to organize people.… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Going to school in San Francisco, you're not going to meet as many people that are making films as you would if you went… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
What I like about music is that you make a song, you've got your ideas in it, and people make that song part of… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
What first got me involved in politics was being 14, and a youth organizer comes to my house with a van full of 14… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
A lot of organizers tell me that while they are making signs or doing whatever they do, they are listening to the Coup. — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
When we were doing shows in the mid-'90s, the audiences were 95% black. What's happened now is the gentrification of hip-hop. A lot of… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
You make art, you make it from what you know, and that's the best way to make art. You get lost in the details… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
