American - Musician | June 19, 1983 -
Do you want to live life, or do you want to escape life?
Macklemore
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I got sober, and I got happy again.
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I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for it. You weren't able to enjoy it.' I want to be here, be now and be grateful.
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Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.
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Bullying is a national epidemic.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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The reason why I meditate and pray in general is just to remind myself that it is not about me.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.
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I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song.
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I put myself in the place of the listener when editing my writing. The last thing that I want to do is be preached at and told who to be or what to think when listening to an artist. However, I do want to be inspired. There's a fine line.
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