13 Quotes by Brother Ali

Blind in the eye, so I see you with my heart.

All the pressure I have is from myself. I have a lot of pressure inside me. I wanna be great. I don’t wanna be average.

I try to make music that’s really real. I’ve always liked music that makes me feel something. I’m not a brain first, music second person.

The greatest threat of harm doesn’t come from any bomb.

If you don’t believe inside yourself that you can learn a lot, nobody’s ever going to do that for you. Nobody’s ever gonna give you self drive. Nobody’s ever gonna give you self esteem. Nobody’s ever gonna give you your self worth. You have to set it for yourself.

I’m albino, my family is white, but I was really raised, and taught my important life lessons, by the black community.

If you don’t feel the blues, then you’re not listening. Then you’re just a professor or something.

My genes tie me to those that despised me.

The key is always the actual art itself, the actual music. There are all these myths out here that like, if you do this little trick, if you use this little strategy, it’ll do it for you.