Top 120 Quotes & Sayings by Aesop Rock

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Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Ian Matthias Bavitz, better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American rapper and producer from Long Island, New York. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerged during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was signed to El-P's Definitive Jux label until it went on hiatus in 2010. In a 2010 retrospective, betterPropaganda ranked him at number 19 at the Top 100 Artists of the Decade.

American - Musician | Born: June 5, 1976

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I avoided the computer generation for a very long time.

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Really, my biggest risk was just the initial step to quit my day job to do music. I was packaging and shipping for an art gallery in Manhattan; I went to school for painting, so I always wanted to work around artwork, even though I wasn't really contributing anything to the scene.

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I've traveled a lot, I've rapped a lot. I like to think that's all in the toolbox to be tapped into when I need it.

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New York can be a tad stressful.

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I would say the best toy for any cat is always some sort of dangling item on a string or fishing-rod-type structure.

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Drawing and visual arts was kinda my first passion going all the way back to when I was a kid. I always felt like it was what I was supposed to do - but in reality I don't know that I ever had the skill to make it a profession.

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I know a lot of people who make records, and when you meet them, it's not their personality or they're not what you're expecting. But El-P is exactly what you'd expect.

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I love a cool cellphone as much as the next guy, but, god, I hate when it rings.

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I've been writing for a long time.

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People can label me whatever they like. I don't really care any more.

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When I record in a studio. I know that on Tuesday at 3 o'clock I've got to go be creative.

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Pardon me if this all sounds corny, but when you put on a record, I'd like it to be an escape from everything you do.

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It's a strange position to be in. Not only the fact that I'm trying to live off work that is personal, but how you get the money for that is racing around the country and smiling for people and selling the record, you know what I mean?

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I love rap lyrics, I love hearing people rap, I love molding a thought or idea into the shape that fits on a rap beat.

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I don't like being away from home for a long period of time.

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My brother came home from college with a Mountain Goats cassette and I was like, 'What is this?' The lyrics were crazy to me. I'd never heard anything like it.

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I'm not a celebrity or anything.

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People's opinions outside of my direct group of friends means next to nothing.

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I used to do a lot of one-off collabs, features, stuff like that.

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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.

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To be honest, I think Chris Ware is the only person whose books I've actively and consistently purchased for years.

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I like to make stuff and I try to stay busy.

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Sometimes comfort zones are the best. Sometimes discomfort is just what the doctor ordered.

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I want to stay learning and hopefully allow my craft to evolve.

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Rap music started because they were bored of other music so they created something really new.

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I believe giving pets 'people food,' while tempting, is generally frowned upon. As a pet owner you want to prioritize your animal's health over the entertainment value in watching your little guy bat around a small piece of chicken.

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After much inner debate, I can safely proclaim that Mungo Jerry's 'In the Summertime' may, in fact, be the best song ever recorded.

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The people I feel inspired around draw pictures, they make paintings.

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I always keep my phone on vibrate. Ringtones give me anxiety.

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I feel like a lot of times, when making a one-song collab with someone, it's easy for one person to not be fully invested. I guess you'd call that 'mailing it in.' But when you say 'This is our album,' then all parties have a reason to make it as good as possible, and the goal becomes seeing what we can do together as a unit.

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Mark my words, even if I sell out a club of 15,000 with all girls, I'm not taking my shirt off. I'm sorry. I know y'all are waiting to see the pasty stomach and everything.

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I had been using a 4-track and a digital 8-track in the '90s, and it was this huge complicated thing. But GarageBand is right there.

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I've performed in Japan before, as well as many other non-English speaking countries. I find you really just have to be a bit more animated than usual. Call-and-response routines work well, if they are simple. Otherwise, I just dance around like a circus monkey and hope the crowd feels it.

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Having some decent musicians around you only expands what you can do production-wise, but I make rap - I can't really see myself doing much else.

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I don't see any of my records as any more or less conceptual than the others, and I don't really plan some overall idea in advance. The songs all get written under the umbrella of a certain time in your life, and it's natural to find themes that repeat within these periods.

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People will put me in whatever box they feel the most comfortable having me in, and nothing I can do will change that.

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The neighbors prefer I don't do vocals at night. It gets a little iffy when I'm screaming.

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I guess all that I can hope for is that my songs affect the younger versions of me out there.

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Performing is fine.

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Inserting my personal brand of humor is something I have at times had trouble doing - but I feel like I've been learning about it a little more, how to do it, and how it helps my songs.

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I think I'm always surprised at how much the musicians I meet put weight on things that aren't music.

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I like feeling warm inside a small home, knowing there's a set of glowing eyes out in the woods somewhere. It's just a vibe I enjoy writing about, and it deals simultaneously with safety and danger.

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I guess, for me, the idea of finding an identity through creative means has always been a way to deal with otherwise feeling awkward and uncomfortable out in the world.

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To me, it seems more realistic to my thought process when things feel a little scattered in the lyrics. Being disjointed is not that abstract of a thing when I think about how my brain works - I feel like it's almost more realistic. That's how my brain works.

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I think in your 30s you can still pretend you're in your 20s, or at least maintain some semblance of youth. Forty is when you've got to stop denying the inevitable.

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Ultimately, I really like to rap, and seeing what I can do to keep it fresh for myself has lent itself to tailoring over time.

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I was a Kimya fan for a long time, a Moldy Peaches fan, so I got to work on her 'Thunder Thighs' record a little bit and we became friends and just started writing songs.

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When you're younger, you really care who your fans are.

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Every record I do does a little better than the last, which in turn makes me more stressed out.

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I don't claim to be a composer, and I realize my approach is pretty dopey in comparison to the true masters of score work. That said, if someone thinks what I do specifically would work for their film, then, of course, let's see what we can do.

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I'm never really comfortable; I think it's kind of natural to feel uncomfortable, and I think if people say they are comfortable, they're just lying.

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You think of, like, Justin Timberlake. He does a three-hour performance every night, and it's like, wow, I don't know how that guy does it.

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Honestly, I don't feel pressure to live up to anything I've done because I tend to not listen to my work once a year passes.

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I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.

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We're all just cats trying to be original, which is what I think being a B-boy is about.

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It's really rare in life that a situation is as black and white as we tend to paint it.

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I don't really regret much of my music life.

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I just try to reflect the grittiness in New York. I try to protect the grit and the dirt that comes with it, which is a good thing.

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I always find my emotions all over the map, not so much a single thing overriding the rest.

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I don't like to do the same songs every night for a week. I just... it's boring and tiring and frustrating basically.

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Top 120 Quotes & Sayings by Aesop Rock

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