The urgency for me is to hurry up and become visible enough to either influence or shame other artists or corporations into understanding that there needs to be an equal starting block. You can't rush to make the changes. The… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
You can feel a lot of things, and that's okay. Channel that into your passion. — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
We develop social systems for the handicapped, but when you're handicapped in your mind, society doesn't handle those situations well. I think we don't… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
In school, I studied psychology, linguistics, neuroscience. I understand that there is a real lack of respect for the brain. — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
Music, especially as an adolescent, helps to build identity because that's when people start developing a sense of self. You can kind of tell… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
I continue to write songs that are topically related to social, political and economic issues of our time, but I also recognize that onstage,… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
Life is a game and love is the prize. So wake me when its all over, when I'm wiser and I'm older. — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot of social… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's why they… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need. — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil hegemony that has tainted their culture, but when I look at the growth… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
When I started out, I wrote the songs, recorded the songs, mastered, mixed, did the artwork, made the packaging and did the distribution, all… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles. — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
In hip-hop, I wasn't very focused on delivering a message. It was just a string of lines that didn't connect. What I wanted to… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they're the future. — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
