Being 15 and like a punk in the DIY community, basically being with a group of people like no one else, it was the first place to exclude or call out if people were racist, sexist, homophobic or in any way prejudiced. Babatunde Adebimpe More Quotes by Babatunde Adebimpe More Quotes From Babatunde Adebimpe There was something in me, even leaving fifth grade, that hit me and said, "I have to get out of here. I don't know where, and I don't know what else I can do but I'm really not going to end up like any of these people." Babatunde Adebimpe fifth-gradeleavingpeople I want to be around these positive, expressive people who are doing something different and who also want to get the hell out of there and don't want to be around basic human bullshit. Babatunde Adebimpe bullshitdifferentpeople 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. Babatunde Adebimpe doemovingthinking Painting and animation can be kind of long work. Music was more immediate and more fun. Babatunde Adebimpe be-kindfunlong The feeling of being halfway through a show and just realizing that there's nothing you can do to save it - it's a horrible feeling. Babatunde Adebimpe horriblerealizingfeelings 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. Babatunde Adebimpe keystalkingpeople 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. Babatunde Adebimpe bandheartthinking A lot of people have reunion things, but I think bands are supposed to break up. Babatunde Adebimpe bandpeoplethinking 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. Babatunde Adebimpe bandmightthinking I was living in a loft with Dave Sitek - this loft full of people just working on their stuff. Some were painting, some were writing. Any plans you had were kind of like a plan for the next two months. Babatunde Adebimpe writingtwopeople No one wanted a job. No one could hold a job. You tend to see those going hand in hand. Babatunde Adebimpe wantedjobshands You have to be a really talented writer if you're trying to encapsulate a news story with a song and have it live after the event. I don't have the focus to do that, really. Babatunde Adebimpe news-storiesfocussong 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. Babatunde Adebimpe reallongthinking I probably couldn't have the same experience listening to that song because I'm self-conscious about some of my singing parts. Babatunde Adebimpe selflisteningsong 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. Babatunde Adebimpe missingsongthinking The cynicism doesn't come across in the final; it can be taken as a very sincere plea for someone to not go away. Babatunde Adebimpe finalsgoing-awaytaken I like the model of people getting together to make something when they want to do it and not being dictated to by a cycle. Babatunde Adebimpe togetherwantpeople I have nothing against people getting their band back together, but the artists I love marked a time in my life, and to merge that time with now can be personally depressing. Babatunde Adebimpe depressingartistpeople Even as a fan, as someone who's into his performances, the Stooges and his own stuff, Iggy [Pop] is one of the people who kept underlining something that a lot of my older musician friends with punk roots say: you get into this space in your life where you feel like a weirdo, you're marginalised, you don't fit in... and then you can get up on stage in front of people who probably hate you. Babatunde Adebimpe hatespaceroots
