Peter Shankland

“I think, often, about love strictly as a matter of perspective. For some, it is something they are receiving from someone whom they might slowly be draining the life from.”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest

“Anger is a type of geography. The ways out of it expand the more you love a person. The more forgiveness you might be willing to afford each other opens up new and unexpected roads. And so, for some, staying angry at someone you love is a reasonable option. To stay angry at someone you know will forgive your anger is a type of love, or at least it is a type of familiarity that can feel like love.”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest

“There are not enough roses in the world for me to lay at the feet of this impossible group, but I hope this effort counts. I hope Phife can see all of us still trying, from wherever he may be. I hope Q-Tip knows that he’s done something great. I hope when the time comes for the generation after mine to talk about what’s real, they’ll pull a Tribe CD out of their pockets, worn down from a decade’s use and perhaps an older sibling. I hope they’ll put it in a CD player and let a room be carried away.”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest

“May we love our brothers, Tip. May we love them after they are gone, sure. But may we love them even when they fill us with rage, or even when we don’t speak to them for years, or even when we close our fists and our eyes and swing in their direction with all we have.”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest