Zitat des Tages von Andre Benjamin:
I'm a fan of making things that I've seen but couldn't purchase, or things I bought that didn't fit the way I like.
If you look at old football pictures, the jerseys were hanging, the sleeves were dangling, but now everything is tucked and tailored.
I think it's real important to show style now. The majority of style right now is to act like you don't have style at all, so most companies are getting rich off clothes that look torn, clothes that look worn.
It's harder to be a success, globally, and be artistic. Harder to have that balance than just to be artistic when nobody understands you.
The world doesn't need another clothing company. But it does need a certain funk.
Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that.
I rarely drink, I don't smoke, so my vice is probably creating. I'm addicted to creating. And women.
I had six silly tattoos done when I was young and I bitterly regret them. I've thought about laser surgery, but that leaves a scar, so I'm just leaving them.
I think a lot of African-American kids don't have fathers to teach them how to dress, so you end up being taught by pictures in magazine and movies. You see cowboys, Indians, old Hollywood films, Cary Grant. It has an effect on you.
I've learned that I'm most powerful when I'm doing my art.
When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it.
Look at Scottish guys wearing kilts - you could look at them and laugh, but the way they carry themselves, how can you? You can wear some of the weirdest things and be cool. If you believe in it, that's what makes it cool.
Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to make that cheque, nobody putting art in their albums any more.