Artist Artist Quotes by Malik Bendjelloul

There are a few really fantastic stories left, and that kind of gives you some inspiration to find even new ones.

— Malik Bendjelloul

I dont think Sugar Man is a music doc any more than The Social Network is about computers. It just happens to have the…

— Malik Bendjelloul

I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There…

— Malik Bendjelloul

Success is not only one thing. It's not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes.

— Malik Bendjelloul

I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS…

— Malik Bendjelloul

I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice.…

— Malik Bendjelloul

If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.

— Malik Bendjelloul

The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in…

— Malik Bendjelloul

The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.

— Malik Bendjelloul

You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.

— Malik Bendjelloul

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…

— Malik Bendjelloul

There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.

— Malik Bendjelloul

Most music careers slowly but surely go down.

— Malik Bendjelloul

Travel is wonderful. Everyone thinks it's wonderful.

— Malik Bendjelloul

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…

— Malik Bendjelloul