American - Musician | 1968 -
So-called leaders aren't doing anything, so it's become the job of artists like me. We have to get on the front lines and fight for the people who have love and tolerance in their hearts and want to live in a unified world.
Fantastic Negrito
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I can't just sit back and write about the club when our democracy is under attack. I have to be a more positive force.
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I throw up before every show. I'm thinking about just making it part of the act.
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I think things happen, and we have no control over them, and what you take from them is really what is important.
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Music is something that's so powerful and means so much to me.
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The streets spoke to me in a way that religion didn't.
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'Push back' is the word; that's what we gotta do against ignorance. I see so much of it, and it's dangerous.
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When I look into the audience, and I just know we understand each other, I can see their faces, and they know what I'm talking about. I feel like I've helped. Everything I've been through in my life, it helps people. Then that makes it worth it.
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My most revered hero is Robert Johnson. His lyrics are so consistent with rap: the danger, the boldness, the creativity.
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I usually go to secondhand stores and find what I can. I like finding interesting things: vests, blazers. I tell the band, 'We got to look good when we're up there.' I learned it from Miles Davis. I read about his suits in his biography. Suits mean you're getting paid, and I like the idea that he looked good in his suits.
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Slaves and the descendants of slaves created world pop culture. Let's keep it real and be very respectful about that.
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Usually when tragedy is present, a great art movement is right behind it.
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