Song Quotes by Black Thought

The Roots are well-respected and considered vanguards in the music.

— Black Thought

We've always been a band that intentionally transcended race and age.

— Black Thought

You can always hear me breathing during my verses, but that breathing becomes part of the music.

— Black Thought

We usually overrecord. Then we boil it down to the cream of the cream.

— Black Thought

We record in the spirit of the Berry Gordy camp and Gamble & Huff, where people were writing up to a dozen…

— Black Thought

Commercial success won't come to us from a change in the music. It will gradually be the result of a change in…

— Black Thought

I don't sit down and write a song, and then slam down the phone like, 'We got another one!' and pop some…

— Black Thought

I'm in great company and some may say that the underexposure has added to my allure and the staying power of me…

— Black Thought

It's weird what can trigger the beginning of a song or some bars. It can be a banging slice of apple pie…

— Black Thought

If there's a track that's rhyme friendly, the verse will basically write itself. If the track is less rhyme friendly, you have…

— Black Thought

For some music, lyrically, the best move is to keep it simple in what it is that you are saying, and just…

— Black Thought

Anyone that I've ever worked with, it's not like I just meet you or someone throws us together for the sole purpose…

— Black Thought