Andre Benjamin Quotes

The world doesn't need another clothing company. But it does need a certain funk.
Andre Benjamin

Another, Company, Clothing

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.
Andre Benjamin

Cool, Laugh, Makes

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.
Andre Benjamin

Money, Art, Energy

Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that.
Andre Benjamin

Away, Far, Australia

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.
Andre Benjamin

Important, Real, Rich

I rarely drink, I don't smoke, so my vice is probably creating. I'm addicted to creating. And women.
Andre Benjamin

Women, Drink, Smoke

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.
Andre Benjamin

Making, Seen, Fit

I've learned that I'm most powerful when I'm doing my art.
Andre Benjamin

Art, Powerful, Learned

If you look at old football pictures, the jerseys were hanging, the sleeves were dangling, but now everything is tucked and tailored.
Andre Benjamin

Football, Old, Pictures

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.
Andre Benjamin

Success, Balance, Nobody

You look in the mirror everyday and you see the same thing. As an entertainer, you wanna see something new.
Andre Benjamin

Same, Everyday, Mirror

But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.
Andre Benjamin

Art, Looking, Kinds

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.
Andre Benjamin

Done, Regret, Thought

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.
Andre Benjamin

Movies, End, Old

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.
Andre Benjamin

Film, Seen, Watch

When the OutKast sound changed and I started producing my own records, I would mirror what I thought that character doing that music would look like. As the sound got a little wilder, freakier and funkier, so did the clothes. Then when the sound got more sophisticated, the clothes changed again.
Andre Benjamin

Music, Character, Thought

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Biography

Nationality: American

Born: May 27, 1975

Links

Find on Amazon: Andre Benjamin

Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Related Authors

Jim Morrison
Eminem
Kurt Cobain
Tupac Shakur
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
Frank Sinatra
Michael Jackson
More

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us