Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Quotes

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

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• If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.

  

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• Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.

  

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• My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.

  

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• I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.

  

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• When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy it.

  

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• I am trying my best to strike a balance. How many hours a day can I work? I work for 12-15 hours a day; it gets very strenuous. I balance between Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi.

  

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• As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.

  

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• I never really did any disco dancing.

  

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• I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.

  

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• Everyone saw me on TV or read articles, and it was all about my great marriage, the white picket fence, all this success and my perfect life. But behind the scenes, it was a struggle.

  

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• The reason literacy is important is that literature is the operating instructions. The best manual we have. The most useful guide to the country we're visiting, life.

  

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• Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

  

  Questlove
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