Questlove Quotes

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• My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.
• I believe that the only people who really, truly benefit from any of the policies of Republicans are the wealthy. I'm in that 1 percent…
• I'm a 24-hour tweet machine, I'm a 24-hour blogger. When there's no pressure on me, I can talk and write and lecture with the best…
• The president is just the coach of a football team. You need the right support, the right stadium, the right players, the right staff. An…
• Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.
• During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda…
• Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.
• I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.
• I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five…
• My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.
• In terms of being a 'sneakerhead,' there was one point where I was obsessively following every sneaker blog. That's the beauty of Twitter: To get…
• I think all of this—The Roots and DJing included—was meant to prepare me for The Tonight Show.
• Funk never dies. It is eternal. It just smells a little different from time to time.
• I grew up in somewhat of a war zone in West Philadelphia in 1985, '86. It wasn't as extreme as someone coming in the classroom…
• I cannot keep a girlfriend longer than seven months. I have 12 jobs. I don't have time for my personal life. I'm fully aware that…
• I hate holidays because it's the quietest; it's the most deafening sound in my apartment.
• Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
• Highlight reels are about that one person. After a barrage of highlight reels, you get the sense that you can do it without a team.…
• According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion.…

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