Boots Riley
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
There was always a slap.
Like, I think the actors of a certain age, they always want to slap.
They'll be like, should they slap me?
You know, something like that.
That's the action, right.
Or that's like the emotional thing.
I mean, it sounds true.
You know, she told us.
And also that was what she was doing later was like, OK, I'm doing this now because I've had this other life.
She was around artists.
She was around musicians.
I was around jazz musicians, John Handy, you know, like all great ones.
Um, one time she took us to France and we were with all these jazz musicians who were from Oakland, you know, that was around the same time I was 15.
So I saw this stuff at the same time.
I did also see like, oh, these people don't grow up.
I had this idea about artists and musicians specifically.