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 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
Sometimes it takes time to get into what ideas actually mean to you. Even when you're not writing a song, it's like… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I can run the gamut with beats that no one else would think of. I'm not a trained musician, so I focus… — 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
