There’s this tendency to be like, ‘Where’s the negative stuff? How valid is the criticism?’ But honestly, what people think of me is none of my business. If I live on the Internet looking for public approval, I’m going to be miserable. Macklemore Read Quote
The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world – he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes. Macklemore Read Quote
When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there. Macklemore Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I think what’s wrong with the fashion world, particularly men’s fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it. Macklemore Read Quote
I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them – there’s tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine. Macklemore Read Quote
I don’t write a great song every day. I don’t write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times. Macklemore Read Quote
Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people. Macklemore Read Quote