“There is admittedly an incredible mystique to meddling in the reason a city won’t sleep.” — Aesop Rock City Copy Share Image
Artwork, films, TV - it's always informed my work, no matter what I'm working on. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
After much inner debate, I can safely proclaim that Mungo Jerry's 'In the Summertime' may, in fact, be the best song ever… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I think if the desire to improve what I do starts to plateau then what's the point. — Aesop Rock Desire Copy Share Image
Pardon me if this all sounds corny, but when you put on a record, I'd like it to be an escape from… — Aesop Rock Escape Copy Share Image
I never really planned on being a rapper, I just kinda did it and then people started liking it. — Aesop Rock Being Copy Share Image
I had been using a 4-track and a digital 8-track in the '90s, and it was this huge complicated thing. But GarageBand… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
We're all just cats trying to be original, which is what I think being a B-boy is about. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Doing something like 'Bushwick,' a lot of people need to agree that the piece is working with what's going on on the… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Musicians are all about celebrity first and foremost, and I just can't do it. The second any sort of popularity contest comes… — Aesop Rock Celebrity Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people who make records, and when you meet them, it's not their personality or they're not what… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Drawing and visual arts was kinda my first passion going all the way back to when I was a kid. I always… — Aesop Rock Art Copy Share Image
People are very adamant about maintaining a certain sound or a certain era, like, "There were three years of rap that were… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I don't see any of my records as any more or less conceptual than the others, and I don't really plan some… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Inserting my personal brand of humor is something I have at times had trouble doing - but I feel like I've been… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
“When sh- got intense, I’d play the sidelines, dodging errant sparks and waiting for the perfect time to head back into the… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Armchair hater, I wouldn't piss on your coffin But when I see your picture I draw dicks on it. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Finding something new that I know I've never done before is the best feeling I know, and when I get there it's… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I'm never really comfortable; I think it's kind of natural to feel uncomfortable, and I think if people say they are comfortable,… — Aesop Rock Lying Copy Share Image
Dream a little dream, Or you can live a little dream I'd rather live it 'Cause dreamers always chase But never get… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I really like to rap, and seeing what I can do to keep it fresh for myself has lent itself to… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
MCs are authors, and rock musicians who write lyrics are authors, to a degree. — Aesop Rock Books Copy Share Image
I've traveled a lot, I've rapped a lot. I like to think that's all in the toolbox to be tapped into when… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
The only bridge I've ever burned along this legacy I dance is the one that linked the cities of prosperity and chance. — Aesop Rock Bridges Copy Share Image
Everyone's been on the "hip-hop is dead" campaign for years, and now it's the most unsure-of-itself genre ever. — Aesop Rock Campaigns Copy Share Image
“And that’s unevenly rendered to those who grew up thinking faith was a surrender of reason but not a reason to surrender.” — Aesop Rock Faith Copy Share Image
“Life's not a bitch, life is a beautiful woman, you only call her a bitch 'cause she won't let you get that… — Aesop Rock Beautiful woman Copy Share Image
“It's a beautiful thing, to my people who keep an impressive wingspan, even when the cubicle shrink.” — Aesop Rock Beautiful thing Copy Share Image
When I do solo material I definitely tend to overthink it. I make a lot of rules for myself that are a… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
