Malik Bendjelloul Quotes

The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I mean back in the '60s and '70s and '80s, that's what it was.

'None of Your Business.' It's the only Salt-N-Pepa song that I regret.

I can spend the day without writing or reading, but I can't spend a day without listening to music.

I do like pop music. It's that certain thing that it gives you: the adrenaline rush, that instant gratification.

I love Mariah Carey. Remember the breakdown? I loved the breakdown.

The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.

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.

Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's not about what Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix were about - which included great images, sure, but they had spiritual and political and revolutionary content, too.

I don't even know if hip-hop is music anymore. It's definitely rhythm. It's definitely tempo. It's definitely beats per minute. But it's product. And television is product placement for the most part. It's not passion.

I just try to make the best music that I can. People are going to label it whatever they're going to label it.

I kind of liked the idea of filming musicians. I could like a musician and know, at the same time, maybe nobody else maybe liked them much or appreciated them.

I've learned to respect Rick Ross' music.

It is immensely enjoyable to work for an album because there's a lot more creative freedom. In films sometimes, all that the makers care about is making the music commercially appealing.

You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.

There's more to being a musician than just making music.

I think music will thrive where it wants to.

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 built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds.

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.

I just don't get that new hot music. I don't know anything about all these groups like U2.

The thing about 'Hold Back The River' that I like is that it's a good starting place, and it was the perfect first single.

I think that Eminem is very talented and remarkably bright, and I actually do like a lot of his music.

I hope I don't give music a bad name.

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music.

I never really think so much about commercial success; I usually just think about records that move me, and 'Baby Got Back' was one that moved me.