You can't live off of just greasy fatty foods and stayin' up till six in the mornin' just partyin'. You gotta take care of yourself.
QuestloveIt's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.
QuestloveHighlight reels are about that one person. After a barrage of highlight reels, you get the sense that you can do it without a team. But music thrived the most when groups were involved. People lose sight of that - that community makes the world run.
QuestloveClassical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
QuestloveHip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
QuestloveAt 25, my idea of success may have been more vain, like, "I'll be good the day that there's $20 million in my account and I have this particular house and the wife and 2.5 kids." But at 40 - and I know it's kind of silly telling you guys this - but as long as my Metacritic rating stays above 80, that's all I care about.
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