I wanted to write a song about sexism, but I didn't want to do it in a mechanical way and be like,… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I chose to do art in the way I always do it, which is with all the crazy contradictions of life in… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started… — 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
What I like about music is that you make a song, you've got your ideas in it, and people make that song… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
My training was with some old British communists who had organized unions in the '60s and '70s. And their philosophy was, if… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Music is first for me. How the music makes me feel, it's like energy. It has to match my life. What's happening… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
There's the part of me that's the organizer, part of me that's the artist, part of me that's the person who, even… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I have tried to write songs quickly that get scrapped. I've also taken a long time on songs that get scrapped because… — 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
