Vanity is so superficial. It doesn't provide the grounds for progress.

- Ishmael Butler

I feel like I'm an explorer, a frontiersman if you will, and I've been able to satisfy that desire in me through music. I've continued to meet people…

- Ishmael Butler

You never know what your work is going to do, man, so really, you shouldn't worry about it. But pop stars have to worry about it, because that's thei…

- Ishmael Butler

Without sounding cliché, music is like air. It provides for me. I don't necessarily look for what I can get out of it. It's a compulsion. I've always…

- Ishmael Butler

I'm not really sure why so much people still listen us. I think we live in an era when people get attached to stuff, and it means something. Then I t…

- Ishmael Butler

You do your work. You get up in the morning, you choose an outfit, you know? It doesn't have to be the best thing that you wear, you know what I mean…

- Ishmael Butler