108 Quotes by Black Thought

Some of my favorites are the classics like 'What They Do,' 'Proceed,' 'You Got Me,' and 'Silent Treatment.'

I think the true artist - musician, dancer, writer, actor - a true artist is able to sort of articulate pain and tragedy, in a way that sort of expresses what the listener or the beholder may have been feeling but was less able to communicate.

I feel like I've been around for such a long time, as a writer and as an artist, that I need to sort of speak to the way that my perception of the world has sort of changed.

I got a family to take care of and kids to feed. That's my motivation, this is my job.

The Roots - we signed our first record deal when I was about 19 years old.

By the time I was, you know, 16 years old, I had done a lot of growing up.

For me, I'm a super private person.

I'll read a book. I'll watch a documentary or a film or whatever. I'll go to an art exhibit and just try and open myself to influence.

We've always been a band that intentionally transcended race and age.