I can write for weeks or months sometimes and edit it down to a song. I feel like it's a piece of music that will hopefully stand the test of time and hopefully capture a moment in history if I'm doing it correctly and honestly.

Macklemore

Categorized in : Song Writing Months

I think music should be experienced by people all ages. by Macklemore

I think music should be experienced by people all ages.

age people thinking

When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless, by Macklemore

When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless,

support fighting rights

If I'm using drugs and alcohol, it means that I've given up on my... by Macklemore

If I'm using drugs and alcohol, it means that I've given up on my fullest potential.

drug alcohol mean

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.

shopping together kids

Calling each other faggots behind the keys of a message board. by Macklemore

Calling each other faggots behind the keys of a message board.

boards keys messages

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.

artist writing thinking

I wanted to get clean. I knew that my highest potential, the place that I was most spiritual, the place that I was the most rich in terms of my life, and my livelihood, and my art and my creativity, was when I was sober.

creativity spiritual art

I've never been a religious person. I've been a spiritual person since I was about 15, 16, when I was first introduced to Psilocybin [mushrooms]. That really opened me up to thinking about the universe in a different way, and coming to significant realizations about my connection to something greater than me.

religious spiritual thinking

No law's gonna change us by Macklemore

No law's gonna change us

same-love law believe

"God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten by Macklemore

"God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten

book children years

My partner has to have good sized bones. by Macklemore

My partner has to have good sized bones.

bones partners

I learned from my teachers but became through my music by Macklemore

I learned from my teachers but became through my music

teacher

I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop. by Macklemore

I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.

issues rights thinking

I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song.

writing song sex

I grew up in the spoken-word community. Before everybody had a home studio, or before we could get booked for shows, open mics were the only way to be heard by other people. It really gave me a chance to develop as a performer. Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

reading home people

If I can be an example of getting sober, then I can be an example... by Macklemore

If I can be an example of getting sober, then I can be an example for starting over

starting-over rap example

Of course I want dubs and a candy painted 'lac by Macklemore

Of course I want dubs and a candy painted 'lac

uncles girl believe

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

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

I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist. by Macklemore

I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.

artist giving people

You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.

unconventional crumbling labels