Macklemore Songs Quotes

#1. But I was feeling quite down at the time. I was living in L.A., which was kind of weird for me.

Bryan Ferry

#2. The fact that I spent my life in universities in a manner that I no longer have close identification with bricklayers is a pain to me.

Stanley Hauerwas

#3. Who hears the wishes and goodbyes? The speaker does ... And you hope that what you say from the heart has power. Power to protect, power to reach the ears of the dead. A spoken thing or a whished-hard thing takes a shape within the heart, man. Takes shape. Becomes real.

Adrian Phoenix

#4. I'd always thought that if I could get sober and stay sober, I would be able to have a career making music. My drug and alcohol addiction was the one thing holding me back. I had finally gotten the tools to stay sober, and it was just a matter of writing the songs.

Macklemore

#5. I was a bike rider, a photographer and a history student, probably in that order. (On his early years)

Danny Lyon

#6. Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

James Bryant Conant

#7. Books demand more. You have to be a more active participant.

Paul Auster

#8. 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

#9. Sustainable serenity, joy and fulfillment demand greater spiritual virtuosity, which is only found through deeper integration of conscience into the mix of one's core intent.

Darrell Calkins

#10. Everyone knows ladies love Cajuns. It's in our blood and our language is the language of romance."
"Your language is the language of bullshit. You're just a couple of good ole boys with pretty faces. Women just ought to know better.

Christine Feehan

#11. Here's how this goes. No Guardians. I don't trust any of them, including you. You can have as much ice cream as you want. I doubt I'll stop ordering you around." He turned his face away and put his lips to her ear. "And you don't get your own bedroom. You sleep here. With me.

Larissa Ione

#12. The weather for me is nothing special. The weather couldn't kill me.

Li Na

#13. It is important for women to do something about what they see.

Roma Tearne

#14. You forgot who you are right as the world learned your name.

Macklemore

#15. He could usually get outdoors without waking Momma or Ellie or Brenda or Joyce Ann.

Katherine Paterson

#16. We are stimulated to emotional response, not by works that confirm our sense of the world, but by works that challenge it.

Joyce Carol Oates

#17. You just have those days. You just allow yourself to have those days. I think everybody has bad days. So because of that, when you recognize it, just allow it to be. It is what it is. I don't think you should ever stifle your frustration, ever.

Donald Faison

#18. As a white male in America, I have privilege. As a white male who happens to be an artist with a fan base, I have a platform to spread awareness about that privilege. However, songs about race and privilege are very difficult to A) write and B) dissect as a listener. They're heavy.

Macklemore