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Macklemore
American
Musician
Born:
Jun 19
,
1983
Me
Music
People
Think
You
Yourself
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Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.
Macklemore
Music
Heart
People
Medicine
Other
Medium
Strings
Ways
Moves
Therapy
Connects
Acts
The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
Macklemore
You
Amazing
Universe
Able
About
Look
Amazing Thing
Than
Child
Being
Bigger
Realize
Much
Your
Your Child
Dad
Thing
Thrift shopping is really just an extension of me being that same kid and going into a place that's completely unconventional that has really endless possibilities in terms of outfits that you can put together and really just expressing yourself.
Macklemore
Me
You
Together
Yourself
Shopping
Kid
Possibilities
Outfits
Thrift
Put
Unconventional
Terms
Same
Endless
Going
Just
Being
Place
Really
Expressing
Extension
Do you want to live life, or do you want to escape life?
Macklemore
Life
You
Live Life
Live
Escape
Want
'Vote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity.
Macklemore
Love
Change
Vote
Humanity
Equality
Means
Right
I think that, as a white person stepping into doing any sort of anti-systematic-racism type of work, asking yourself, 'What is your intention?' needs to happen on a consistent basis. Check yourself. Check yourself. Check yourself, like, constantly.
Macklemore
Work
Needs
Yourself
White
Think
Type
Consistent
Constantly
Stepping
Check
Like
Sort
Doing
Person
Any
Intention
Happen
Asking
Your
Basis
The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
Macklemore
Best
Me
Man
World
First
Shoes
Favorite
Kind
Collecting
Had
He
Jordan
Call
First Place
Got
Sneakers
Michael
Michael Jordan
Place
Who
Exposed
Player
Basketball
Basketball Player
I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for it. You weren't able to enjoy it.' I want to be here, be now and be grateful.
Macklemore
You
Grateful
Be Grateful
Enjoy
Back
Able
Had
Like
Look
Were
Want
Even
Now
Present
Here
The question is, What type of human do I want to be? How do I want to use my platform? Do I want to be safe, under the umbrella of my white privilege? Or do I want to push back and resist?
Macklemore
White
Type
Back
Push
Safe
How
Question
Umbrella
Privilege
Human
Want
Use
Platform
Resist
It's weird because music is this thing that you love doing, and it comes completely from a place of creativity, and then that transfers into having to manage a business and make decisions and figure out what is the best route to go in terms of getting your product to as many people as possible.
Macklemore
Love
Music
Best
You
Business
Creativity
People
Out
Possible
Having
Weird
Terms
Make
Because
Doing
Go
Manage
Getting
Transfer
Place
Decisions
Then
Product
Your
Figure
Many
Route
Thing
Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.
Macklemore
Voting
Perspective
Politicians
Valid
Evils
Easy
Corrupt
Picking
Feel
Understand
Essentially
Act
View
Lesser
Two
I'm as honest as I can be.
Macklemore
Honest
When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.
Macklemore
Song
Will
Become
Expectation
Kind
Write
Reach
Any
Might
Who
I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
Macklemore
Music
People
Think
Experienced
Ages
Should
You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.
Macklemore
You
Old
Approaches
Willing
Take
Unconventional
Crumbling
Major
Because
Labels
Model
Front
Us
I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.
Macklemore
Have Fun
Recording
Tool
Definitely
Booth
Rapping
Smiling
Want
While
Use
Fun
Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.
Macklemore
People
Reading
Way
More
Poetry
Beat
Piece
Rocking
Than
Front
Challenging
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.
Macklemore
Life
Spiritual
Problems
Rest
My Life
First
Easy
Find
Spiritual Life
Put
Career
The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.
Macklemore
Music
Great
Money
Sole
Sole Purpose
Purpose
Stuff
Along
Make
Fame
Why
I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.
Macklemore
School
Year
High
High School
Main
Until
Sport
Freshman
Freshman Year
Up
Base
Baseball
Played
Third
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.
Macklemore
You
People
Writing
Other
Write
Outside
Songs
Comfort
Comfort Zone
Get
Different
Interesting
Your
Compelling
Zone
Need
I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
Macklemore
Rapper
Other
Out
More
More Or Less
Than
Any
Less
Conscious
It's really not about me. At the end of the day, God willing, I'll have another 40 or 50 years on this planet, and what I'm saying to myself is, 'What do I want to leave here?'
Macklemore
God
Saying
Myself
Day
Me
End Of The Day
Willing
About
Another
Leave
Years
End
Want
Planet
Really
Here
I don't feel like I'm grown up. I feel like I'm a kid.
Macklemore
Kid
Feel
Like
Up
Grown
Grown-Up
We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
Macklemore
People
OK
Tell
Ask
Help
Who
Need
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