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 Copy Share Image
There are a few really fantastic stories left, and that kind of gives you some inspiration to find even new ones. — Malik Bendjelloul Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Success is not only one thing. It's not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes. — Malik Bendjelloul Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it. — Malik Bendjelloul Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting. — Malik Bendjelloul Copy Share Image
You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free. — Malik Bendjelloul Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away. — Malik Bendjelloul Copy Share Image
