Aloe Blacc Professions : Singer-songwriter Born : January 7, 1979 Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Aloe Blacc Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music. Aloe Blacc rocks hip-hop soul So wake me up when it's all over Aloe Blacc finding-myself wiser lost I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot of social and political commentary through their music. Aloe Blacc political opportunity past 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 person they'll be pretty much for the rest of their life. Aloe Blacc identity self people 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 U.S., and see those sentiments make it around the world, it makes me feel proud. Aloe Blacc tolerance evil people I continue to write songs that are topically related to social, political and economic issues of our time, but I also recognize that onstage, I have a lot of fun and audiences have a lot of fun, so I'm trying to package the messages in music and sounds that are fun to perform and fun to listen to. Aloe Blacc writing song fun I feel like' SOS' was a song that was probably ahead of its time for when he wrote it, he wrote these lyrics obviously about some of his battles and I think it's a really important topic to approach and to share... to give people the words to be able to say,' I need help.'. Aloe Blacc entertainment Similar Authors Bill Anderson singer-songwriter Bill Kaulitz singer-songwriter Bob Whitlock singer-songwriter Bob Weir singer-songwriter Brent Smith singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie singer-songwriter All Authors