"That’s what I think the function of art is: It creates a mirror and you’re supposed to better yourself and you move and you grow, in the same way that personal relationships do or romantic relationships do. When you look at it that way, then everything you’re doing, as long as it’s helping you, prepares yourself for death, which means becoming a better person, and letting go of all the ego trips."
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"You know, people put all these labels on it, so they can see if they want to come over and check it out and experience what’s happening. For me, it’s all one big project. It’s one big long record, and that includes the films, essays, anything that I’m doing. That includes this conversation, and all the interviews that I do, because for me and the people I have around me, the only point of doing any of this stuff is to answer life’s deeper questions, and answer all those things that we've been asking ourselves. It’s a form of therapy; it’s a way to better yourself.
That’s what I think the function of art is: It creates a mirror and you’re supposed to better yourself and you move and you grow, in the same way that personal relationships do or romantic relationships do. When you look at it that way, then everything you’re doing, as long as it’s helping you, prepares yourself for death, which means becoming a better person, and letting go of all the ego trips."
~Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
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