“Oakland has always had artists attempting to define the immense beauty...” — Boots Riley Quote

“Oakland has always had artists attempting to define the immense beauty and ridiculousness around them.”

“If I wasn't rapping about politics, then I might have been just another person trying to sell albums, and I might have sounded like everyone else out there.”

“A lot of organizers tell me that while they are making signs or doing whatever they do, they are listening to the Coup.”

“Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.”

“There is dissatisfaction in all of us. Some of us take out that dissatisfaction by attempting to ruin whatever you are attempting to do. This is a fact of life.”

“You have to believe in yourself. But you know what? There's a fine line between believing in yourself and being delusional. And I'm sure there were a lot of people who thought I was being delusional when they saw me attempting to become a big shot in the world of pro wrestling. Luckily, it worked out: it doesn't work out for that many people.”