I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell. — Macklemore Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I can write for weeks or months sometimes and edit it down to a song. I feel like it's a piece of… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
I was always the type of person, and still am the type of person, that I cannot be creative and use substances.… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
For me, being transparent about every aspect of my life is what makes my music relatable and how I'm able to be… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
I'd always thought that if I could get sober and stay sober, I would be able to have a career making music.… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
I want to be someone who is respected and not just in terms of my music. I want to be respected in… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
Don't forget where you come from Don't die holding on to your words Cause you know you got a whole world to change But… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
The spirits there to knock you down.But if you make that the end, you'll never know the beauty of being able to stand up… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
I got my city right behind me, if I fall, they got me. Learn from that failure gain humility and then we keep marching… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
They be like 'Oh that Gucci, thats hella tight.' Im like 'Yo, thats fifty dollars for a t-shirt.' Limited edition, lets do some simple… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create. — Macklemore Copy Share Image
This moon man right here stands for a lot more. This is the most important record out of all of them. Gay rights are… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
Hold your head up, there's a light in the sky I know your fed up but you must try to survive Each moment's precious,… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled is commiting that women look better in their makeup — Macklemore Copy Share Image
'The more expensive the better' is kind of the American way, and if you spent $600 for a sweatshirt, then that makes it better. — Macklemore Copy Share Image
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 natural to… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
