“I was born in St. Louis and lived in Pittsburgh for a bit, before my family moved to Nigeria, where they're from. We lived there for three or four years and came back to the States when I was about ten. I realised that I'd gone from place to place not fitting in. The thing that helped me fit in when moving around and not having a ton of friends was that I could make art. That was the through-line.” YearsArtStatesMovingThreeBitsBornLinesGoneFourFitTenMy FamilyMovedFour YearsRealisedFittingNigeriaPittsburghNot Fitting Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“You can physically move yourself around but there's that great line that Adam wrote: "Does it define for life, like print of thumb?" I think it does.” ThinkingDoeMovingLinesPrintAdamThumbs Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“I've had terrible, terrible, terrible shows where I just thought, "That was off-key" or I forgot lines or I thought I looked like an idiot, and then you're leaving and talking to people, and they're like, "I had the best time of my life! That was amazing!" You just never know.” PeopleKnowsShowsLinesTalkingKeysTerribleLeavingIdiotBest TimesTime Of My LifeBest Time Of My Life Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
