“I was born in Chicago. I moved to Detroit until I was six and moved to...” — Boots Riley Quote

“I was born in Chicago. I moved to Detroit until I was six and moved to Oakland at that point. And then we had a couple years in Stockton and Pasadena. And by the time I was 13, I was back in Oakland.”

“Every progressive movement in U.S. history has been portrayed negatively by the media at the time it happened.”

“I can run the gamut with beats that no one else would think of. I'm not a trained musician, so I focus on what feels right before I dispatch to writing.”

“By the time you get to the conference finals, you can't hide. It's not like your opponent is going to be experienced on how to try to exploit you. You have to have the right kind of habits and hopefully have been tested enough in those habits... to be able to still get to your identity.”

“I worked very hard and I was en pointe by the time I was seven years old.”

“People are already self-selected by the time they've decided to become scientists.”