Top 79 Quotes & Sayings by Fantastic Negrito - Page 2

We gotta bring new ideas to the table and empower each other.

Usually when tragedy is present, a great art movement is right behind it.

We should not fear what is new, but we should not throw out that which is in the past but is still valuable.

Ain't nobody more punk rock than Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, even Little Richard.

Slaves and the descendants of slaves created world pop culture. Let's keep it real and be very respectful about that.

When I was a youngster, I wrote all this music - it just came out of me - and I think record executives were like, 'Oh, wow, he's a genius, let's give him a million dollars!' But the minute I started producing the records, they'd be like, 'Oh, my God, you're terrible! You're all over the place! We can't market this!'

I usually go to secondhand stores and find what I can. I like finding interesting things: vests, blazers. I tell the band, 'We got to look good when we're up there.' I learned it from Miles Davis. I read about his suits in his biography. Suits mean you're getting paid, and I like the idea that he looked good in his suits.

NPR changed my life; I don't even front.

Everybody agreed I had all this talent, but I didn't know what to make of it.

Exercise is good for you, so I'm always walking. I don't drink sodas or eat fast food, either.

I became Fantastic Negrito, and I felt like there was a rawness and an honesty in that music that I could relate to. That I was ready, finally, in my life to be that honest with myself.

I could have worked with great people like Nile Rodgers, which I regret. I don't have many regrets, but I remember he'd shown some interest, and I was just in my own world, man.

I'm in a collective with the same guys I met on the streets at 12. The greatest investments I ever made were those friendships.

When I was born, my mother said all the nurses wanted to come see the colored baby.

Blues purists may hate what I do sometimes because it's a little dirtier.

I want to make other people around me smarter and more powerful.

'In the Pines' is a very old song dating back to slavery. Lead Belly made it popular.

Without busking, there is no Fantastic Negrito.

There came a point where I did give up on music, but I'm the kind of person that when I face obstacles, I become more determined. It's just something weird within me.