“I think that music and art and film, at their best, can connect with something that is eternal in human beings, that might not have so many labels on it, something that's ultimately universal and that may just be a feeling.” ThinkingHumansMayArtFeelingsMightFilmHuman BeingsEternalUniversalLabels 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 don't want my reasons to be informed by what people think about what I'm doing.” PeopleThinkingWantReason Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“Touring is really a weird social experiment, even though everyone thinks it's a party every day.” ThinkingSocialPartyExperimentsTouring Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“It's insane when someone shows up to your show and is like, "You could run off with me right now!" I'm like, "It's cool, I think I'm gonna go read."” ThinkingShowsRunningLike YouRight NowInsane Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“Oftentimes, when music is just blasting out it seems like it's overcompensating for something missing in the song's structure. When I think of the music that I listen to constantly, it's never like an assault.” ThinkingSeemsSongMissingMusic IsStructureAssaultOvercompensating Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“I know that being upset without having an avenue to fix anything is a real hard place to be in for too long. But it's even worse thinking that it'll go away if you just ignore it.” IfsThinkingKnowsLongRealHardUpsetGoing AwayAvenues Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“Most of the bands that I really hold in my heart - you don't think about them as bands; they're just the soundtrack of your life.” ThinkingHeartMy HeartBandSoundtracks Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“A lot of people have reunion things, but I think bands are supposed to break up.” PeopleThinkingBreakBandReunion Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“Most of the bands that I really like no longer exist. That might just be because I'm in my thirties or whatever. But I also think it's the rare band that doesn't, like, turn into something else.” ThinkingMightTurnsBand Author:Babatunde Adebimpe