Highlight reels are about that one person. After a barrage of highlight reels, you get the sense that you can do it without a team. But music thrived the most when groups were involved. People lose sight of that – that community makes the world run. Questlove Read Quote
I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody – I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes. Questlove Read Quote
I would love to have some sort of ‘Back To The Future’ Delorean time machine travel device so I could go back to 1981 to see that very first Jackson 5 concert I went to, back when I was a kid. Questlove Read Quote
I’m a 24-hour tweet machine, I’m a 24-hour blogger. When there’s no pressure on me, I can talk and write and lecture with the best of them. But put a deadline on me and I start getting writer’s block. Questlove Read Quote
Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people. Questlove Read Quote
Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art. Questlove Read Quote
In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people. Questlove Read Quote
I’m not one of those people who’s so blinded by my own work and my sweat. It’s kind of risky writing a memoir when you’re really part of a larger universe. Questlove Read Quote
During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don’t think it’s wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone. Questlove Read Quote
