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Boots Riley
Boots Riley
American Musician
Born: Apr 1, 1971
Because Music People Think World You
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There are a lot of leaders that talk about ending things like oppression - whether it's discrimination or getting a job - but the reason for all of this stuff is somebody's making a profit off our backs. That's the reason why black people were brought here in the first place. It was a profit motive. Boots Riley
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The folks that are suggesting Occupy move to electoral politics are ignoring history, ignoring what actually creates change. People get involved in electoral politics because they think there is no movement that can create change. Boots Riley
Politics History Change People Think Folks Involved Because Occupy Get Move Movement Create Creates Electoral Ignoring Actually Suggesting
This idea of 'cool capitalism' is still capitalism. It doesn't matter if Elon Musk quotes Nas. Boots Riley
Capitalism Matter Elon Musk Idea Still Quotes Cool
In Chile, they had penas, where the community would come together to sing and plan how they were going to overthrow the government. There's a real hopefulness in that community style of organizing. Boots Riley
Government Together Style Community Would Had Come Sing How Real Were Overthrow Going Where Chile Plan Organizing
I want to fight the McCarthyist state that's developing in this country so my kids won't live in a world where people are afraid to speak out. Boots Riley
Fight People Speak World Country Live State Kids Out Developing Afraid Where Want
One time, someone came up to me and said, 'I know so-and-so. They're a professor at Harvard. They're a big fan of your work.' But that doesn't impress me more than any other people feeling that way. Boots Riley
Work Time Me People Feeling Big Impress Other Way Harvard One Time Someone More Know Said Came Big Fan Up Than Any Fan Your Professor
The Occupy Wall Street movement, in general, by putting this idea out there that the one percent is leeching off the 99 percent, is making a new discussion, making people figure out how to withhold their labor and come and put their issues on the table with the ruling class all over the country and all over the world. Boots Riley
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The point is, is that when you elect a politician, it has nothing to do with their personality. Politicians perform a function, a role in government. And the role of city government is not one that serves the people, unless the people make them do what the people want. Boots Riley
Government You People Personality Politician Politicians Nothing Unless City City Government Point Perform Make Role Want Them Elect Function Serve
People want things that address their everyday reality, and that goes for stuff that isn't political - with singer-songwriter music, people want things that touch them. Boots Riley
Music Reality People Political Everyday Address Touch Stuff Singer-Songwriter Goes Want Them Things
I think I'm a little superstitious. Boots Riley
Think Superstitious Little
I was in an organization called Progressive Labor Party and International Committee Against Racism. And I was - I started out helping to organize a farm workers' union in Central California. Boots Riley
Racism Organization Party Farm Progressive Out California Labor Committee Central Against Workers Organize Union International Helping Started
I used to be mad, at first, that I couldn't sound like Ice Cube. And I think that was probably one of the best things for me. Boots Riley
Best Me First Think Mad Like Cube Sound Ice Ice Cube Used Things
I try to find creative ways to put ideas out to make the ground fertile for organizers. Boots Riley
Creative Try Ways Out Find Put Ideas Make Fertile Ground Creative Ways
I think it's important for us not just to edit the culture that capitalism creates but to create the material basis for a culture that we want. Boots Riley
Capitalism Culture Important Think Edit Material Just Want Us Create Creates Basis
If we created a society based on love, it would be a society without exploitation. Boots Riley
Love Exploitation Society Would Would-Be Without Created Based
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
Power Sense Changing Our Vast Know Make Lot Person Get Personal Difference Us Things
Capitalism and people who control the market have a large hand in everything. It doesn't have anything to do with figuring out what the crowd wants to hear. It has to do with the media deciding what they think people want to hear. Boots Riley
Capitalism People Control Think Market Everything Out Crowd Hear Hand Want Anything Wants Deciding Who Figuring Large Media
The goal with a show is to push forward the passion in a visual and sonic way. It all comes out in a trance-like way, fast and pulsating. Then people can go home and think about the lyrics later. Boots Riley
Home People Passion Think Pulsating Lyrics Later Way Out Visual About Push Sonic Go Go Home Goal Then Show Forward Fast
Rarely, someone comes around that is influenced by so many things but is looking for a new way to do something. Boots Riley
Looking Way Rarely Someone Something New Around New Way Influenced Many Things
If people come to a record store, and they can't find your album, they buy something else. Boots Riley
Buy People Else Find Record Record Store Something Something Else Come Store Your Album
I'm not a classically trained composer, and I can't sing very well. Boots Riley
Composer Sing Well Very Trained
The Coup does not support the American flag. Boots Riley
Support Coup Does American Flag American Flag
The Obama campaign decimated the newly regenerated anti-war movement in 2008. And he definitely isn't anti-war. Boots Riley
Definitely Obama Obama Campaign He Campaign Anti-War Movement Newly
Either I'm really into the organizing, or I'm really into the music. As I've been going, I've been able to figure out ways to even it out a little more. Boots Riley
Music Ways Out Able More Been Going Either Little Really Figure Organizing Even
Because of my politics, I don't necessarily think that the independent capitalist is that much better than the multinational capitalist; it's just that the independent capitalist hasn't grown as big yet. Boots Riley
Politics Better Big Think Independent Because Than Just Much Capitalist Multinational Grown Necessarily
There are a lot of people out there doing cool work. I went to South Africa with Talib Kweli and the Roots for a couple of weeks. And even a lot of the groups that aren't called 'political' or 'revolutionary' have a lot more to say than what you hear on the singles. Boots Riley
Work You People Political South Africa Say Out More Weeks Couple Doing Singles Hear South Lot Than Revolutionary Africa Roots Cool Even Groups
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