Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty Quotes
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It's easier, as a white person, to be silent about racial injustice. It's easier. On paper. But it's not easier on the whole, because injustice affects all of us, whether we know it or not, whether we acknowledge it or not.
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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.
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Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.
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The reason why I meditate and pray in general is just to remind myself that it is not about me.
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I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.
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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.
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'Vote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.
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I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them - there's tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine.
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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.
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Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.
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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?
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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.
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I'm a very conceptual writer.
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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.
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I put myself in the place of the listener when editing my writing. The last thing that I want to do is be preached at and told who to be or what to think when listening to an artist. However, I do want to be inspired. There's a fine line.
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Bullying is a national epidemic.
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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.
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I got sober, and I got happy again.
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I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.
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You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.