Michael Rapaport Quotes

I just appreciate the love that I get and support from hip-hop.

I'll rock with anyone - vintage rappers, young dudes, anyone.

I don't want to fit in. I want to make music that can reach out to people of all different ages and backgrounds and beliefs and turn us into one, groovin, 'Goodtimenation.'

Over the course of the last quarter century I've learned a lot. And the main thing I've learned is that we're better together and that our society needs inclusion - right? - not exclusion.

Music is nothing but a door opener to meet families and their children and the elderly.

I call it people-to-people politics and that's what politics should be about, reaching out and helping one another and touching one another about what we're going to do.

Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.

Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive.

The only time I ever really got into rap was back in the early '90s, and bands like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Gang Starr. Musically, they were really interesting. But when hip-hop acts start sampling Sting or Phil Collins, then I just don't get it at all.

There is no them in America.

After a contentious campaign season filled with divisive rhetoric, we are now hearing from our members and in the news media about incidents of bigotry and harassment within our communities.  From children acting out in schools to adults participating in violent acts, it is clear that our nation is struggling in the wake of this election. During times like these, our nation’s 120,000 public, academic, school and special libraries are invaluable allies inspiring understanding and community healing. Libraries provide a safe place for individuals of all ages and backgrounds and for difficult discussions on social issues.  Our nation’s libraries serve all community members, including people of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, and the most vulnerable in our communities, offering services and educational resources that transform communities, open minds and promote inclusion and diversity.

Instead of focusing on, 'Oh, there's a black lady who plays videogames,' focus on that there's another person out there who loves the same stuff that you do.

With Saint Heron, I really wanted to celebrate and continue to cultivate the community for genre-defying R&B artists.

A year of service has the power to bring young people together from different races, ethnicities, incomes, faiths, and political backgrounds to work on pressing problems facing U.S. society today.

Festival culture is all about evolving consciousness and generating a sense of unity, hope, and possibility.

Taylor Swift's audience can listen to me, but so can the street kids. I want to touch it all.

There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril.

Stan Lee is like the universal hero. He got every culture together by storytelling. He gave every community their own hero to follow, in fiction and actually in factual life.

We care about shared values, culture and identity.

Kendrick Lamar is a great, great thinker. He's a tremendous artist.

I feel like there's no one kind of person who comes to my shows. Sometimes I've been surprised by the people who will stop me on the street to tell me that they're into my music.

We've never been political, and our fans like us that way. Music is supposed to be fun. But we do drop a positive message.

I feel like with PWR BTTM, Liv and I tried to create something that was kind and cared about the people who come.

We want to gather everyone together as one, transcending any barrier of language and culture.

Our mandate is to sing for everyone. We don't just sing for one group or sing one genre... This is everybody's choir.