Denzel Washington says society is forcing “comparative success” down our throats
“More is not better. Everybody has different gifts. I’ve been blessed with money. Some have love. Some have patience. Some have kindness.”
“Whatever your gift. But society is forcing success down our throat. Comparative success down our throat… We’ve become lovers of ourselves. We all want to be followed. We all want to lead.”
“We’re willing to do anything, young ladies and young men, anything to be influential. The universe stems from the specific, where’s your soul? Where’s your heart? Where does it start?”
“Do you want credit for it, or do you want to see the other person do well? It’s the most selfish thing I’ve done in my life, is give, because of the joy that I get from it. I love it.”
“I remember I was starting to be and act a little successful. My mom said, ‘You shut up right where you are.’ ‘All the people that have been praying for you. Grandfathers. Great-grandfathers.’”
“Then she started calling me Superstar for about a month. ‘Hey, Superstar, go get that squeegee and that bucket.’ ‘Superstar, hit them windows.’ ‘Hey, Superstar, come here, hit the back yard.’”
“She had me cleaning, working. Feet on the ground. I needed that unit, that family. I didn’t do it by myself. Who teaches you to be a man? Fame is a monster. And we all have these battles and roads we have to walk in our given lives.”
“We all have our individual challenges. Money doesn’t make it better, fame just magnifies the problems, and the opportunities.”
Ayo @KingOfQueenz can we get Trae tha Truth in Ibiza added to the set list for Houston? I meannnnn I feel like it’s the right thing to do 🤷🏻♀️ #thefallofftour
I had this thought post what I said in an interview: underground has the power to change the world, i have more to say to the movement out of love, my only opinion to mainstream (anything) is f*ck em, most of them gave up on the world for money and power and are too in fear to say free Palestine, free Congo, or free Sudan-etc.
Underground music is real people with real freedom, so use the freedom/power for good, no matter what your creative outlet is <3