I had no idea how much the stuff I was doing was affecting people outside Oakland. At the time, also, hip hop wasn't able to tour because all these clubs that let hip hop come in now, they would never have let hip hop come in.
I was an avowed professional revolutionary by the time I was 15. - Boots Riley
I was an avowed professional revolutionary by the time I was 15.
- Boots Riley
I wanted to write a song about sexism, but I didn't want to do it in a mechanical way and be like, "Don't be sexist!" because that's not how I talk i… - Boots Riley
I wanted to write a song about sexism, but I didn't want to do it in a mechanical way and be like, "Don't be sexist!" because that's not how I talk i…
A lot of us don’t get a sense of our personal power. I know the vast difference that one person can make in changing things. - Boots Riley
A lot of us don’t get a sense of our personal power. I know the vast difference that one person can make in changing things.
In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started thinking about the fallout from relatio… - Boots Riley
In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started thinking about the fallout from relatio…
What the media is playing is what people want is really a false idea. Capitalism and people who control the market have a large hand in everything. I… - Boots Riley
What the media is playing is what people want is really a false idea. Capitalism and people who control the market have a large hand in everything. I…
Death to the pigs is my basic statement. - Boots Riley
Death to the pigs is my basic statement.
I am a person who always feels like I am not doing the right thing because there's always so many things that need to get done. - Boots Riley
I am a person who always feels like I am not doing the right thing because there's always so many things that need to get done.
Becoming a father made me a lot more sentimental than I ever was before. I never cried at movies before I became a parent. I feel music more intensel… - Boots Riley
Becoming a father made me a lot more sentimental than I ever was before. I never cried at movies before I became a parent. I feel music more intensel…
A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing. - Boots Riley
A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.
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