Quotes from Macklemore

My partner has to have good sized bones.

I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.

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.

When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.

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

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

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

I think music should be experienced by people all ages.

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.

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.

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

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

My hope is that my personal testimony can help in some way to not only advance the dialogue and approve Referendum 74, but also to help shape a culture of belonging in which ALL people are equal.

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'm a very conceptual writer.

Us as rappers underestimate the power and effects that we have on these kids

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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