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

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

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

Death to the pigs is my basic statement.

- 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…

- 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.

- 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.

- 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…

- Boots Riley