Malik Bendjelloul Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Malik Bendjelloul:

I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing.
~Malik Bendjelloul


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#4a19b378

I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
~Malik Bendjelloul


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#4eb6af82

If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
~Malik Bendjelloul


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#d0a8e725

I think music docs could turn off some people.
~Malik Bendjelloul


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#f4d52825

The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.
~Malik Bendjelloul


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#500ecc25

The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail.
~Malik Bendjelloul


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#ec778461

I don't think 'Sugar Man' is a music doc any more than 'The Social Network' is about computers. It just happens to have the best soundtrack ever.
~Malik Bendjelloul


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#51d4466a

Success is not only one thing. It's not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes.
~Malik Bendjelloul


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#4443cc6b

There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
~Malik Bendjelloul


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#a660c84a

My specialty is two things: music or really strange stories.
~Malik Bendjelloul


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#c19194cf

You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.
~Malik Bendjelloul


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#afb4e29d

There are a few really fantastic stories left, and that kind of gives you some inspiration to find even new ones.
~Malik Bendjelloul


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#858e4f64

Most music careers slowly but surely go down.
~Malik Bendjelloul


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#0953d598

I quit my job. I bought myself a real cheap, like, around-the-world flight ticket, and I went to 16 countries for six months just backpacking, living in cheap hostels, looking for stories with a camera and my ex-girlfriend.
~Malik Bendjelloul


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#3980493d

I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think.
~Malik Bendjelloul


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#d0f51faa

Travel is wonderful. Everyone thinks it's wonderful.
~Malik Bendjelloul


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/malik-bendjelloul-quotes/#6e0fb6b4

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