138 Quotes by Aesop Rock

I’m just tryin to be somebody I can talk to in the morning with a smile.

There’s smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids.

You can’t get someone to like something they aren’t feeling. After you press play, there isn’t anything you can do.

Too bad your inner sheep never forgets to follow...

I’ve learned I don’t like being around people too much. It’s hard to stand around and make conversation with people I’ve learned. But I do want to be the guy that can do it easily.

People are very adamant about maintaining a certain sound or a certain era, like, “There were three years of rap that were great, so let’s just keep doing that.” The genre itself is just stuck in place. It’s been treading water for a while.

Everyone’s been on the “hip-hop is dead” campaign for years, and now it’s the most unsure-of-itself genre ever.

The thing about the state of hip-hop is that people are too concerned. I don’t think that there’s a problem with being too concerned about videogames, especially for me, because I’m not in the industry. I’m just a consumer. But hip-hop is constantly like, “What are you doing for the scene?”

I’ve been able to tour because of my music and I’ve learned a lot about myself while on the road. I think some of the imagery of my writing are snapshots of where I’ve been and my feelings about the world.