“I remember being a teenager and being ashamed of my musical tastes, at least some of them. My Brian Wilson and Beach Boys fandom, which is as important to me as anything else, was almost like a porn stash. Hide… — Ahmir Questlove Thompson Copy Share Image
“Think of all the different ways that stories get told. I’m working with the James Brown people on a movie that will end up being the closest thing to a biopic that can possibly exist for a man like that, who was actively working for fifty years. The story is too big to tell straight on through, so they decided… — Ahmir Questlove Thompson Copy Share
“One night, I was out driving with a few friends of mine when the police pulled us over. We were told we fit the description of someone who had committed a robbery or stolen a car, though I don't really know what kind of description that could have been: three black kids in a Hyundai blasting U2's Joshua Tree on… — Ahmir Questlove Thompson Copy Share
“Trying to be white? What the hell does that mean? I've never understood that. How could anyone be white when they aren't white? Seems… — Ahmir Questlove Thompson Copy Share Image
“I remember being a teenager and being ashamed of my musical tastes, at least some of them. My Brian Wilson and Beach Boys fandom,… — Ahmir Questlove Thompson Copy Share Image
“What's the point in being here if you have to follow a computer? What is this, a fucking Turing test in reverse?” — Ahmir Questlove Thompson Copy Share Image
