Macklemore Quotes

The skyline is etched in my veins. You can never put that out, no matter how hard it rains.

And know that every struggle in life is there to teach you a lesson It's times like this that make you

Hold your head up, there's a light in the sky I know your fed up but you must try to survive Each moment's precious, don't let life pass you by Keep focused, keep your eyes on the prize.

Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.

I don't control life, but I can control how i react to it

The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled Was convincing women that they looked Better in their makeup

Don't forget where you come from Don't die holding on to your words Cause you know you got a whole world to change But understand who you got to change first

Just because you miss someone doesn't mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.

A life lived for art, is never a life wasted.

The moment is now and we cant get it back from the grave.

A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are.

You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint The greats were great because they paint a lot

Strip away the fear, underneath it's all the same love

Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.

We are what we wear, we wear what we are

Make the money, don't let the money make you Change the game, don't let the game change you

I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.

No freedom til we're equal...damn right I support it.

Live tonight, cuz you can't take it with ya.

We sell our dreams and our potential to escape through that buzz.

You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.

Human rights for everybody, there is no difference. Live on! And be yourself!

One man's trash that's another man's come up.

Vote Love means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote whats right for humanity.

The trust that I once built has been betrayed. But I'd rather live tellin' the truth and be judged for my mistakes, than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised.

Expectations are resentments waiting to happen

America the brave Still fears what we don't know

No law's gonna change us We have to change us Whatever god you believe in We come from the same one Strip away the fear, underneath, it's all the same love About time that we raised up!

Whatever God you believe in, we come from the same one

I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.

If I'm using drugs and alcohol, it means that I've given up on my fullest potential.

My relationship with God is as strong as the time and energy I put into connecting with God.

Calling each other faggots behind the keys of a message board.

I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.

I learned from my teachers but became through my music

If I can be an example of getting sober, then I can be an example for starting over

Bullying is a national epidemic.

We live on the cusp of death Thinking it won't be us

I buy whatever I see, but I tend to not spend money just to spend it.

"God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago.

I think music should be experienced by people all ages.

We become so numb to what we're saying.

Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that is a such an intrinsical part of hip-hop music.

I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.

For me, being transparent about every aspect of my life is what makes my music relatable and how I'm able to be an individual amongst the mass amounts of other artists.

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

I'm as honest as I can be.

I write to the beat and let life play the guitar strings

Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.