I think that music and art and film, at their best, can connect with something that is eternal in human beings, that might not have so many labels on it, something that's ultimately universal and that may just be a feeling.
Babatunde AdebimpeI 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 AdebimpeThe cynicism doesn't come across in the final; it can be taken as a very sincere plea for someone to not go away.
Babatunde AdebimpeEven 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