“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 like a simple enough thing to prove, right? Hold out your arm next to someone else's… — 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
