Ishmael Butler quotes
-
“Vanity is so superficial. It doesn't provide the grounds for progress.”
-- Ishmael ButlerSource : "Inhabiting Shabazz Palaces". Interview with Aly Comingore, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 29, 2014.
-
“I feel like I'm an explorer, a frontiersman if you will, and I've been able to satisfy that desire in me through music. I've continued to meet people who challenge me and inspire me as friends. I don't even know how to even quantify it in words. I've been very fortunate.”
-- Ishmael ButlerSource : "Inhabiting Shabazz Palaces". Interview with Aly Comingore, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 29, 2014.
-
“Without sounding cliché, music is like air. It provides for me. I don't necessarily look for what I can get out of it. It's a compulsion. I've always gotten out of it everything.”
-- Ishmael Butler -
“I'm not really sure why so much people still listen us. I think we live in an era when people get attached to stuff, and it means something. Then I think a lot of people heard about it over the years - like somebody's older brother might tell them, you know, because we're from his era, and he might be like, "You need to listen to this; this is what it's all about," you know what I mean? I don't know, man, it's hard to say. But it makes us feel special.”
-- Ishmael ButlerSource : Source: www.avclub.com
-
-
“You do your work. You get up in the morning, you choose an outfit, you know? It doesn't have to be the best thing that you wear, you know what I mean? It's music, man. You do an album, complete it, and then musicians are on to the next thing. Nobody cares about how many units it sold as compared to the old one.”
-- Ishmael ButlerSource : Source: www.avclub.com
-
“You never know what your work is going to do, man, so really, you shouldn't worry about it. But pop stars have to worry about it, because that's their commerce. If you're not number one or selling units, you're not going to be able to make a record next year. For us, it's more like an indie-rock attitude. Put it out, work it, and see what happens. It'll have a shelf life.”
-- Ishmael ButlerSource : Source: www.avclub.com
-
“Without sounding cliché, music is like air. It provides for me. I don't necessarily look for what I can get out of it. It's a compulsion. I've always gotten out of it everything.”
-- Ishmael ButlerSource : "Inhabiting Shabazz Palaces". Interview with Aly Comingore, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 29, 2014.
-
Source : Alec Guinness (1986). “Blessings in Disguise”, New York : Knopf
-
Source : Mary Schmich (2012). “The Best of Mary Schmich: Selected Writings by the Chicago Tribune's Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary”, p.31, Agate Digital
-
“Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.”
Source : Quoted in Roland Flamini, Ava (1983)
You may also like:
-
Flying Lotus
Music Producer -
Questlove
Drummer -
W. G. Sebald
Writer -
Yasujiro Ozu
Film director