There’s nowhere like Detroit; it’s a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away. Malik Bendjelloul Read Quote
The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry – if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail. Malik Bendjelloul Read Quote
Success is not only one thing. It’s not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes. Malik Bendjelloul Read Quote
I was working for a Swedish TV show – I’m Swedish – who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS ’60 Minutes,’ but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore? Malik Bendjelloul Read Quote
The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting. Malik Bendjelloul Read Quote
I don’t think ‘Sugar Man’ is a music doc any more than ‘The Social Network’ is about computers. It just happens to have the best soundtrack ever. Malik Bendjelloul Read Quote
There are a few really fantastic stories left, and that kind of gives you some inspiration to find even new ones. Malik Bendjelloul Read Quote
I quit my job. I bought myself a real cheap, like, around-the-world flight ticket, and I went to 16 countries for six months just backpacking, living in cheap hostels, looking for stories with a camera and my ex-girlfriend. Malik Bendjelloul Read Quote
You don’t need money to be free. You can just say if you don’t need stuff, you’re always free. Malik Bendjelloul Read Quote
