I was born at a very crucial time. I consider 1968 to be the Mason Dixon line between pre- and post-civil rights generation ideas, whereas a lot of people born before '68 they kind of went into that Moses mentality. Like, I'm not going to make it, you know, I don't have any hope.
Time will tell. Time is always telling. Time never stops telling. - Questlove
Time will tell. Time is always telling. Time never stops telling.
- Questlove
It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time. - Questlove
It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.
My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons. - Questlove
My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.
The only mofos in my circle are people that I can learn from. - Questlove
The only mofos in my circle are people that I can learn from.
We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I." - Questlove
We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I."
Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years. - Questlove
Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.
When you live your life through records, the records are a record of your life. - Questlove
When you live your life through records, the records are a record of your life.
How do you plan a rebirth? I'm not sure you do. You just stand in the darkness until you can't endure it any long, and then you move forward until yo… - Questlove
How do you plan a rebirth? I'm not sure you do. You just stand in the darkness until you can't endure it any long, and then you move forward until yo…
I don't think crack happened by accident. I'm part conspiracy theorist, because you can't develop something that dangerous and have it not be planned. - Questlove
I don't think crack happened by accident. I'm part conspiracy theorist, because you can't develop something that dangerous and have it not be planned.
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