Questlove, właściwie Ahmir Khalib Thompson – afroamerykański DJ i producent muzyczny, współzałożyciel hip-hopowej grupy The Roots, gdzie gra na perkusji. Produkował dla takich artystów jak Common, Erykah Badu, Jay-Z, Zack de la Rocha, John Legend i D’Angelo, należy do grup producenckich Soulquarians, The Randy Watson Experience, The Soultronics i The Grand Wizzards . Założyciel Okayplayer. Twórca filmu muzycznego Summer of Soul , nagrodzonego Oscarem za najlepszy pełnometrażowy film dokumentalny.
Questlove ma ponad 2,5 mln followersów na Twitterze. Wikipedia
“I jumped in the river and there’s piranhas and sharks, but I have a 500-foot lead on them.”
On what he would tell his teenaged self in “The Last Word: Questlove on Why He Doesn’t Drink, Idolizing Dave Chappelle” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-last-word-questlove-on-why-he-doesnt-drink-idolizing-dave-chappelle-629466/ in Rolling Stone (2018 Apr 19)
On how distractions might affect creativity in “Questlove Aims To Save Your Brain: 'Creativity Might Be In Jeopardy'” https://www.npr.org/2018/05/01/600852801/questlove-aims-to-save-your-brain-creativity-might-be-in-jeopardy in NPR (2018 May 1)
As stated in the introduction of his book Creative Quest (as quoted in “The Last Word: Questlove on Why He Doesn’t Drink, Idolizing Dave Chappelle” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-last-word-questlove-on-why-he-doesnt-drink-idolizing-dave-chappelle-629466/ in Rolling Stone; 2018 Apr 19)
