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
Going to school in San Francisco, you're not going to meet as many people that are making films as you would if… — 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
I think art is communication. To that extent, it can be the words between the words. It has a possibility of communicating… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I always write knowing that people will hear it, but also hoping they'll see it. So a lot of times I make… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I had no idea how much the stuff I was doing was affecting people outside Oakland. At the time, also, hip hop… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
The album 'Party Music' is a beautiful album, and people need to hear it. — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
There's this zeitgeist happening, and people are more open to 'Sorry to Bother You' being a hit with 'Get Out' being out… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Rappers are usually rapping about knowledge they think people need to get by in the world. If there's no movement that gives… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Many people feel that unions aren't militant enough for them and don't do anything. — 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
You can't get much done by yourself. Speaking as someone who made a movie - and it took hundreds of people to… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I've been involved in a lot of different kinds of projects. I've been on straight hip hop tours. I've been on underground… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
What the media is playing is what people want is really a false idea. Capitalism and people who control the market have… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
With a movie, you have the power of putting out an idea about the world and for people to take it seriously. — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I think voting is the lowest form of political action that you can do. A lot of times, it keeps people from… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
We all - even at a base level, even a Republican - understand that the people with the money are the ones… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
That punk approach of 'We don't wanna get big' is really a bourgeois thing. It's not a tactic of people that actually… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
One time, someone came up to me and said, 'I know so-and-so. They're a professor at Harvard. They're a big fan of… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
People want things that address their everyday reality, and that goes for stuff that isn't political - with singer-songwriter music, people want… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
If people come to a record store, and they can't find your album, they buy something else. — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
It's nice to be recognized for what you do, but that doesn't satisfy what I wanted out of this music, which is… — 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
