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Questlove quotes: 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.

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.

Questlove quotes: I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.

I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.

Questlove quotes: After 2001, everyone in the Soulquarians blew up, which wasn't expected. We all got the success, and then everybody froze.

After 2001, everyone in the Soulquarians blew up, which wasn't expected. We all got the success, and then everybody froze.

Questlove quotes: I want the 'Roots' biopic to be animated - I see Charles Schulz drawing us. I think it would be more hilarious with the voices of children.

I want the 'Roots' biopic to be animated - I see Charles Schulz drawing us. I think it would be more hilarious with the voices of children.

Questlove quotes: I don't think crack happened by accident. I'm part conspiracy theorist, because you can't develop something that dangerous and have it not be planned.

I don't think crack happened by accident. I'm part conspiracy theorist, because you can't develop something that dangerous and have it not be planned.

Questlove quotes: Music has the power to stop time. But music also keeps time,

Music has the power to stop time. But music also keeps time,

Questlove quotes: Working with the artist elite can be like banging your head against the wall.

Working with the artist elite can be like banging your head against the wall.

Questlove quotes: Time will tell. Time is always telling. Time never stops telling,

Time will tell. Time is always telling. Time never stops telling,

Questlove quotes: I never want to get to that level of poverty where taking a bath has to be a hot-pot experience.

I never want to get to that level of poverty where taking a bath has to be a hot-pot experience.

Questlove quotes: To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

Questlove quotes: I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic.

I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic.

Questlove quotes: When you first start off, you see what other people have and quietly say, "I want that."

When you first start off, you see what other people have and quietly say, "I want that."

Questlove quotes: I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.

I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.

Questlove quotes: When you live your life through records, the records are a record of your life.

When you live your life through records, the records are a record of your life.

Questlove quotes: It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.

It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.

Questlove quotes: Funk never dies. It is eternal. It just smells a little different from time to time.

Funk never dies. It is eternal. It just smells a little different from time to time.

Questlove quotes: Just because the laws were changed doesn't mean that the attitudes have changed.

Just because the laws were changed doesn't mean that the attitudes have changed.

Questlove quotes: Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

Questlove quotes: My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

Questlove quotes: Hip-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.

Hip-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.

Questlove quotes: It's easy for me to say, "Oh yeah, that's the self-saboteur move that most artists pull whenever they're afraid."

It's easy for me to say, "Oh yeah, that's the self-saboteur move that most artists pull whenever they're afraid."

Questlove quotes: All we sell is the Greatest feeling on Earth

All we sell is the Greatest feeling on Earth

Questlove quotes: During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.

During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.

Questlove quotes: I hate videos. I'm meticulous on everything from cover art, fonts, productions, mixing. But when it comes to videos, I just feel so defeated.

I hate videos. I'm meticulous on everything from cover art, fonts, productions, mixing. But when it comes to videos, I just feel so defeated.

Questlove quotes: Meaninglessness takes hold because meaninglessness is addictive,

Meaninglessness takes hold because meaninglessness is addictive,

Questlove quotes: I don't have friends, and it's hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with.

I don't have friends, and it's hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with.

Questlove quotes: Kurt Cobain represents a very legit, realistic outlook. Before that, in my head, to be a white artist was to be privileged.

Kurt Cobain represents a very legit, realistic outlook. Before that, in my head, to be a white artist was to be privileged.

Questlove quotes: For anyone that's ever had a musical breakthrough in their career, it's always followed by the departure period right after.

For anyone that's ever had a musical breakthrough in their career, it's always followed by the departure period right after.

Questlove quotes: I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.

I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.

Questlove quotes: Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

Questlove quotes: I think all of this - The Roots and DJing included - was meant to prepare me for The Tonight Show.

I think all of this - The Roots and DJing included - was meant to prepare me for The Tonight Show.

Questlove quotes: It's funny, I can see the science in how music is made with other artists, but it's hard for me to dissect my own thing.

It's funny, I can see the science in how music is made with other artists, but it's hard for me to dissect my own thing.

Questlove quotes: In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.

In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.

Questlove quotes: Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.

Questlove quotes: Switching off perfection switched on the human quality

Switching off perfection switched on the human quality

Questlove quotes: I hate holidays because it's the quietest; it's the most deafening sound in my apartment.

I hate holidays because it's the quietest; it's the most deafening sound in my apartment.

Questlove quotes: My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

Questlove quotes: Jay-Z is a dude that can give you a hundred 'Simpsons' quotes, like, 'What you know about the monorail?'

Jay-Z is a dude that can give you a hundred 'Simpsons' quotes, like, 'What you know about the monorail?'

Questlove quotes: There's no such thing as success on an isolated level.

There's no such thing as success on an isolated level.

Questlove quotes: You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.

You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.

Questlove quotes: We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I."

We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I."