Boots Riley Quotes

There's a very thin line between rock and funk. Funk is like a dirtier blues, and so is rock. They're close cousins.

Boots Riley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

BluesRockCousinsLineLikeFunk

You can't back-engineer a brand.

Joanna Coles

BrandYou

Writing is just something I've always done. It's just kind of the reality of who I am.

Jesse Kellerman

I AmWritingRealityDoneKindJust

I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

LifeArtThinkTryWorkingAbout

It's real difficult to sing out in the elements at 2 in the morning in 35-degree weather while you're dancing in a sleeveless chiffon dress.

Jean Louisa Kelly

MorningDressWeatherYouDifficult

I think the way Win Butler writes, I really identify with it. He writes very emotionally and very cinematically, and I just connect with his sensibility.

Spike Jonze

WinThinkWayConnectJustIdentify

I daydream all the time, and I like that quality.

Shirley Henderson

TimeQualityDaydreamLike

I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.

Tracey Gold

BelieveThings HappenI BelieveVain

Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we think about doing a cover, but never a covers record. That would be, for us, a concept. We don't want to have a concept!

Robert Cray

ThinkDoingGoWantNeverWrite

They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival.

Russel Honore

FoodSurvivalAliveRightCallStay

The funniest racism is the racism between minorities. It's something you don't see dramatized, but almost every minority I know who's my age, they have these funny stories about their parents stereotyping other minorities.

Mindy Kaling

FunnyAgeRacismParentsYouKnow

Physical beauty isn't so impressive to me.

Dita Von Teese

BeautyMePhysicalImpressive

In Europe, the leagues have been around 100 years.

David Villa

YearsEurope100 YearsBeenAround

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Boots Riley