Malik Bendjelloul Quotes

Naturally, no one knows more about music than musicians. They talk about their own work all the time, but they rarely get to talk about other people's music.

I think there are just a million interviews in anthologies with famous musicians that are about the music, and they're really boring to read.

Musically, I just like when people are knowledgeable about music and they can talk to you about it.

I'm not technically adept at music, but I'd love to be part of a discussion of where progressive rock ends and country music begins.

First of all I listen to music. I like music.

Musicians like to converse. There's always interesting conversation with musicians - with classical musicians, with jazz musicians, musicians in general.

I think there are people who really always have and always will care about the quality of music in general, about the sound of the music, things like that.

I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened to has become an influence.

I've never loved listening to music.

As much as I like to explore the world, I explore music - from classical to rock.

I really was kind of like a musical nerd. I would watch VH1's 'Behind The Music.' That was heavy when I was a kid. I would sit up and want to watch that all day instead of going outside sometimes.

I am permanently a student of people who make great songs, but besides sort of learning by absorption, I just love listening to music, hearing what's going on, hearing new things or new old things.

I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics.

I'm very passionate about music and was excited to see that the majority of readers loved the inclusion of lyrics.

I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.

I studied classical music for a year. Then, I studied jazz for a year at the New School, and then I got kicked out. You had to go to your class, so I don't know if that counts as studying. I didn't study jazz. I was supposed to.

I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music.

I'm going to try and make you take the Beatles and Eric Clapton as seriously as the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle.

I like all kinds of music artists like Akon. I even listen to Lady Gaga.

When I went to college, it became more of a hobby, and that's when I think I got the realest music education. It wasn't something that I had to do. It wasn't an obligation.

I wanted to talk about how stupid music is. I wanted to talk about how awesome music is, and how depressing it is, and why we all make music if it doesn't last forever.

I'm kind of a geek when it comes to talking about chord structures or melody, so I always loved in-depth conversations with musicians about things. I also enjoy when a fan can just put something on, and they really know nothing about music other than they like it and it touches them in some way.

I like talking about my music.

People take music too seriously.