Aloe blacc

We develop social systems for the handicapped, but when you're handicapped in your mind, society doesn't handle those situations well. I think we don't recognize or acknowledge the power of messages...

People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil hegemony that has tainted their culture, but when I look at the growth of racial and ethnic tolerance and understanding in my generation in the...

In hip-hop, I wasn't very focused on delivering a message. It was just a string of lines that didn't connect. What I wanted to do is write stories... and affect someone's emotions with that song. I...

In school, I studied psychology, linguistics, neuroscience. I understand that there is a real lack of respect for the brain.

When I started out, I wrote the songs, recorded the songs, mastered, mixed, did the artwork, made the packaging and did the distribution, all myself. Now I understand what everyone's jobs are, who is...

Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music.

Music, especially as an adolescent, helps to build identity because that's when people start developing a sense of self. You can kind of tell based on what music a person listens to what kind of...

Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's why they become classics.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.