Kerby Jean-Raymond Famous Quotes and Saying

The way I was raised, you get a new pair of sneakers when the old one gets messed up. But when I got to high school, I started dating girls and trying to fit in, and I realized everybody was collecting Jordans. When I would get my paychecks, I wouldn't even take money. I would just trade them for sneakers.

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The world absolutely needs your voice.

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I think that when you rally powerful voices around powerful issues, what you get are positive results.

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The work of black creatives seems to always get undermined in one way or another, and that's what this new generation is actively changing by speaking up. We aren't accepting group categorization and group classifications to describe our work anymore - it just leads to group dismissal.

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We're constantly having to go head-to-head with the Bernie Madoffs of the world who just want more and more money.

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A lot of us who are creative and have all these great ideas just don't have the money to do it.

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Nobody can shut the door in your face if you own the door.

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All my collections are based on something I like or something I'm dealing with. They are always deeply personal.

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America is a flawed land but a great one indeed.

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All clothes are worn on the street, but 'streetwear' had once described T-shirt brands and skate-inspired brands, and now it's just a lazy innuendo used to describe clothing made by designers that the establishment deems 'less than.'

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I hope that people who don't believe depression is a real thing will stop calling people crazy, because that's dismissive and not a medical diagnosis.

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You have these megabrands who make most of their money off hip-hop culture. Where were they in the time of need?

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I want to be fashion's Erykah Badu. What I admire about her is her timelessness and her fearless approach.

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Music has always been my first love, and I appreciate how a great musician can bring awareness to tough issues through their work.

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I've always felt like an outcast. My aesthetic is very high-end, but I still get classified as streetwear. There's really no other reason for than other than my age, the way I look, and where I'm from.

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If you put the collections together, whether it's Rick Owens, Alexander Wang, or whomever, sometimes they do streetwear, but they're never called that. They're always called 'sportswear' or 'high-end' or 'luxury.' I feel like I'm tossed into that streetwear category so that I don't exist in this space.

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With things that I'm going through, whether they be on a small scale or a large scale, I'm thinking, 'Who else is going through this? And how can I address it and bring it to light to help someone else?'

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I came back from Standing Rock, and one of the things that struck me was their respect for elders. It was something that I felt like I needed to work on in my life.

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'Bernie versus Bernie,' for me, is these two extremes of capitalism. It's Bernie Sanders, the ultimate socialist, and Bernie Madoff, the ultimate capitalist.

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Systemically, there hasn't been an oppression more overt and long-lasting than economic oppression against black people and minorities in this country.

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The world absolutely needs your voice.

I think that when you rally powerful voices around powerful issues, what you get are positive results.

The work of black creatives seems to always get undermined in one way or another, and that's what this new generation is actively changing by speaking up. We aren't accepting group categorization and group classifications to describe our work anymore - it just leads to group dismissal.

We're constantly having to go head-to-head with the Bernie Madoffs of the world who just want more and more money.

A lot of us who are creative and have all these great ideas just don't have the money to do it.

Nobody can shut the door in your face if you own the door.

All my collections are based on something I like or something I'm dealing with. They are always deeply personal.

America is a flawed land but a great one indeed.

All clothes are worn on the street, but 'streetwear' had once described T-shirt brands and skate-inspired brands, and now it's just a lazy innuendo used to describe clothing made by designers that the establishment deems 'less than.'

I hope that people who don't believe depression is a real thing will stop calling people crazy, because that's dismissive and not a medical diagnosis.

You have these megabrands who make most of their money off hip-hop culture. Where were they in the time of need?

I want to be fashion's Erykah Badu. What I admire about her is her timelessness and her fearless approach.

Music has always been my first love, and I appreciate how a great musician can bring awareness to tough issues through their work.

I've always felt like an outcast. My aesthetic is very high-end, but I still get classified as streetwear. There's really no other reason for than other than my age, the way I look, and where I'm from.

With things that I'm going through, whether they be on a small scale or a large scale, I'm thinking, 'Who else is going through this? And how can I address it and bring it to light to help someone else?'

I came back from Standing Rock, and one of the things that struck me was their respect for elders. It was something that I felt like I needed to work on in my life.

'Bernie versus Bernie,' for me, is these two extremes of capitalism. It's Bernie Sanders, the ultimate socialist, and Bernie Madoff, the ultimate capitalist.

Systemically, there hasn't been an oppression more overt and long-lasting than economic oppression against black people and minorities in this country.

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