Macklemore: "I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song."

Macklemore: "Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine."

Macklemore: "It's really not about me. At the end of the day, God willing, I'll have another 40 or 50 years on this planet, and what I'm saying to myself is, 'What do I want to leave here?'"

Macklemore: "It's weird because music is this thing that you love doing, and it comes completely from a place of creativity, and then that transfers into having to manage a business and make decisions and figure out what is the best route to go in terms of getting your product to as many people as possible."

Macklemore: "Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create."

Macklemore: "The question is, What type of human do I want to be? How do I want to use my platform? Do I want to be safe, under the umbrella of my white privilege? Or do I want to push back and resist?"

Macklemore: "I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it."

Macklemore: "'The more expensive the better' is kind of the American way, and if you spent $600 for a sweatshirt, then that makes it better."

Macklemore: "There's this tendency to be like, 'Where's the negative stuff? How valid is the criticism?' But honestly, what people think of me is none of my business. If I live on the Internet looking for public approval, I'm going to be miserable."

Macklemore: "You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing."

Macklemore: "The moment is now and we cant get it back from the grave."

Macklemore: "It's easier, as a white person, to be silent about racial injustice. It's easier. On paper. But it's not easier on the whole, because injustice affects all of us, whether we know it or not, whether we acknowledge it or not."

Macklemore: "The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you."

Macklemore: "Thrift shopping is really just an extension of me being that same kid and going into a place that's completely unconventional that has really endless possibilities in terms of outfits that you can put together and really just expressing yourself."

Macklemore: "You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it."

Macklemore: "Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.

Macklemore: "I think people are enticed by indie rap and every time you have a group going against the grain, they're gonna be like, 'Wow, you did it yourself in 2012, that's impressive - how did you do it? What're you doing that's different? And how can I be a part of it?'"

Macklemore: "I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems."

Macklemore: "I think that, as a white person stepping into doing any sort of anti-systematic-racism type of work, asking yourself, 'What is your intention?' needs to happen on a consistent basis. Check yourself. Check yourself. Check yourself, like, constantly."