Latest Babatunde Adebimpe Quotes from Interviews

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• 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

  Thinking, Band, Might

  "The Survivors: TV on the Radio". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 15, 2011.

• Ten years is a pretty good run for anything.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Running, Years, Ten

  "The Survivors: TV on the Radio". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 15, 2011.

• A lot of people have reunion things, but I think bands are supposed to break up.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Thinking, People, Band

  "The Survivors: TV on the Radio". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 15, 2011.

• 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

  Talking, Keys, People

  "The Survivors: TV on the Radio". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 15, 2011.

• 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

  Heart, Thinking, Band

  "The Survivors: TV on the Radio". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 15, 2011.

• Painting and animation can be kind of long work. Music was more immediate and more fun.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Fun, Long, Be Kind

  "The Survivors: TV on the Radio". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 15, 2011.

• 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

  Feelings, Realizing, Horrible

  "The Survivors: TV on the Radio". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 15, 2011.

• 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

  Writing, Two, People

  "The Survivors: TV on the Radio". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 15, 2011.

• No one wanted a job. No one could hold a job. You tend to see those going hand in hand.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Jobs, Hands, Wanted

  "The Survivors: TV on the Radio". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 15, 2011.

• 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

  Real, Thinking, Long

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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

  Song, News Stories, Focus

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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

  Song, Thinking, Missing

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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

  Song, Self, Listening

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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.

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  People, Together, Want

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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

  Taken, Going Away, Finals

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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

  Depressing, Artist, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

• You turn into this desperate dude looking for a shred of attention when you just had so much. It's like, "I'm just lonely and all I really want is a hug, but I gotta capture that in something real gross." You start to understand why circus clowns are alcoholics.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Lonely, Real, Hug

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I feel like people just let each other live a little more in New York.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  New York, People, Littles

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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."

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Running, Thinking, Insane

  Source: pitchfork.com

• One second you're having the time of your life in front of all these people, and then you come backstage to the exact opposite - there's only lukewarm carrots back there.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Opposites, People, Carrots

  Source: pitchfork.com

• Touring is really a weird social experiment, even though everyone thinks it's a party every day.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Party, Thinking, Social

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I feel like now if you're going to start a band you have to have an Instagram full of yourself looking a certain way, lined up like five dudes in mugshot alley, hanging out by the bridge or up against the wall, or "We're in a library for some reason!"

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Wall, Bridges, Library

  Source: thequietus.com

• Adding instruments to parts of a song and having them somehow find a pocket. That to me was a huge lesson. Like, there's more than 808s in the universe.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Song, Pockets, Lessons

  Source: thequietus.com

• I don't want my reasons to be informed by what people think about what I'm doing.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Thinking, People, Want

  Source: thequietus.com

• There are a lot of spikes that can happen when what you're doing starts to get attention or people start to talk about it. They can just kind of really do a number on your reasons for making music.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Numbers, People, Attention

  Source: thequietus.com