Every record I do does a little better than the last, which in turn makes me more stressed out. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I would say the best toy for any cat is always some sort of dangling item on a string or fishing-rod-type structure. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Honestly, I don't feel pressure to live up to anything I've done because I tend to not listen to my work once… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
You think of, like, Justin Timberlake. He does a three-hour performance every night, and it's like, wow, I don't know how that… — Aesop Rock Every night Copy Share Image
People's opinions outside of my direct group of friends means next to nothing. — Aesop Rock Care Copy Share Image
Sometimes comfort zones are the best. Sometimes discomfort is just what the doctor ordered. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I guess all that I can hope for is that my songs affect the younger versions of me out there. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
The older I get, the less I care about what’s cool. I realize I’m old and weird. — Aesop Rock Care Copy Share Image
I think I learned very quickly after I started putting out music... you just learn that people are going to take what… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in hearing yet another rapper tell me why he's the best. Why not tell a story set in a… — Aesop Rock Action Copy Share Image
My brother came home from college with a Mountain Goats cassette and I was like, 'What is this?' The lyrics were crazy… — Aesop Rock Brother Copy Share Image
I think in your 30s you can still pretend you're in your 20s, or at least maintain some semblance of youth. Forty… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I went to college in '94 and started freestyling a lot more and hearing how others did it, hearing styles from other… — Aesop Rock Blockhead Copy Share Image
...I've never had a dream in my life, Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't pursued. I knew… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I guess, for me, the idea of finding an identity through creative means has always been a way to deal with otherwise… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
To me, it seems more realistic to my thought process when things feel a little scattered in the lyrics. Being disjointed is… — Aesop Rock Abstract Copy Share Image
I don't really engage much in the creative community. I just kind of keep to myself and do my work. — Aesop Rock Community Copy Share Image
I love rap lyrics, I love hearing people rap, I love molding a thought or idea into the shape that fits on… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
You can't get someone to like something they aren't feeling. After you press play, there isn't anything you can do. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Life isn't a bitch, life is a beautiful women, you just call her a bitch because she won't let you get that… — Aesop Rock Beautiful women Copy Share Image
If a song or group hits you at the right time in your life, it's everything. It's bigger than school or family… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I'm Mozart with a focus on the tide Hiding the inconsistencies of man behind water and wine — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
To be honest, I think Chris Ware is the only person whose books I've actively and consistently purchased for years. — Aesop Rock Book Copy Share Image
“Sleep and sleep well; sleep with a sacred array of fevers, Wake as a pertinent version of a pipe dreamer.” — Aesop Rock Sleep well Copy Share Image
The neighbors prefer I don't do vocals at night. It gets a little iffy when I'm screaming. — Aesop Rock Neighbors Copy Share Image
I don't like to do the same songs every night for a week. I just... it's boring and tiring and frustrating basically. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I went to college, got a job. Not a good job or anything but I was fully set to be an office… — Aesop Rock College Copy Share Image
There's smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I don't want to hit a point where I feel there is nothing to improve upon - there always is. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
You have to write about what's inside you. If I have to get something out, I'll do it. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I always find my emotions all over the map, not so much a single thing overriding the rest. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I love a cool cellphone as much as the next guy, but, god, I hate when it rings. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I've always recorded at home. That's been part of what it's about to me. I've never been the kind of guy who… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration. — Aesop Rock Art Copy Share Image
People will put me in whatever box they feel the most comfortable having me in, and nothing I can do will change… — Aesop Rock Change Copy Share Image
Rap music started because they were bored of other music so they created something really new. — Aesop Rock Music Copy Share Image
For a guy who didn't expect a fan base whatsoever, I'm pretty stoked. People say they don't understand it, and I say… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
In a time where everything's a flavor of the month, and it's hard to have any sort of longevity, I've been able… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Most artists - painters or writers - I think create out of stress or negative situations. Look at rock music. It's about… — Aesop Rock Art Copy Share Image
I've performed in Japan before, as well as many other non-English speaking countries. I find you really just have to be a… — Aesop Rock Circus Copy Share Image
