I love Drake's music.
I appreciate my parents for everything they instilled in me and my brothers.
My parents were very encouraging in having us get into the arts, whereas I have a lot of friends that didn't have that.
The church we grew up playing at was not one of those churches known for its music, but it was just this all-around energy that would be happening because, at the same time we'd be playing in church, we'd be playing in the city jazz band under Reggie Edwards.
I'm kind of a simple guy. The best way you can describe it is, I'm the same person I was when I was a kid. Everyone's like, 'Of course you are,' but I'm like, 'No, seriously.' I liked 'ThunderCats' when I was a kid; I call myself Thundercat now.
Azealia Banks - love what she's doing.
I was playing bass when I was a kid; I play bass now. I used to draw pictures when I was a kid, and I draw pictures now. I talked backwards and weird when I was a kid, and I talk backwards now.
Money comes and goes. But when you look back on your career, you have be able to answer to yourself, 'Did I make the most of my time on earth?'
I treat my cat like she's my therapist or something, because I talk to her all the time, and as she's gotten older, she talks back. It's pretty funny.
From when I was a kid, I was always very quiet within myself, I was never attention-hungry.
It doesn't even feel like racism is real. It just feels like the weirdest ploy, like we're just being had on so many levels. It's even kind of funny when you think about it. A reason not to like someone is 'because you're black.' C'mon, man. How dumb is that?
I don't need to tell myself that I'm black or that I'm proud of being black. I just am, and it just doesn't matter.
I'm so tired of cell phones.
I try not to think too hard about music. I like to see where it goes. I try not to give it a direction. I figure out what it is as it's forming. I don't have any goal in mind other than to make the best music I can.
Hall & Oates is everything.
Sometimes you gotta get stupid with yourself, and you gotta enjoy your own company some time.
I'm very much into everything when it comes to music.
If somebody can make a joke about you on TV, that's so beautiful. You've affected pop culture to that degree.
I love Gino Vannelli! I love every one of his albums. He's one of my favourite songwriters - straight up.
You can find humor in most things, and even terrible things.
Tokyo style is so specific. And I'm a very big fan of their history. It's pretty simple. A lot of the time, people expect to see the wild style that comes out of Japan, but I think, traditionally, the style is very simple.
I grew up in Compton: 116th and Wilmington.
My family is all musicians - my dad plays drums, my mom plays flute, my older brother plays drums, my little brother plays drums and piano. For some reason, I didn't get the memo, so I just play bass.
That will be on my tombstone: He lived five minutes away from Flying Lotus.
I remember playing Billy Cobham's 'Total Eclipse' for Snoop Dogg. I also played him Frank Zappa, 'Apostrophe.' And I played him 'Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast.'
A lot of the time, people think rappers just live inside this bubble. No, the reality is there is conversation that happens. It's not this one-dimensional thing. There's reality that takes place.
That's always what I've tried to do. I've tried to communicate. But at the end of the day, it's still for you to understand something. Understand that the world is bigger than you.
As a working musician, your first instinct is to try and do your job. It wasn't always my aspiration to sing; I just wanted to be a great working musician. But then Flying Lotus suggested I try, and nothing has ever been the same since.
I started taking the bass more seriously when I heard Jaco Pastorius.
I really love my cat.
It's a privilege to always be able to create.
When I'm at home creating music, I usually wind up laughing. It's always, like, funny - like, what the hell did I just write?
A lot of joking stems from a very dark place a bit.
I kind of find humor in everything, even to the point where it's awkward - like, the worst scenarios are the funniest things ever.
I feel like I try to write from an honest of a place as I can - without scaring people off too much, I guess.
Heartbreak is a real thing.
You know what? Drake is one of my favorite artists, not just because it's, like, the cool thing to say.
I listen to Kenny Loggins, like - I want to be Kenny Loggins.
Yeah, I'd like to collaborate with God. Do a collaboration with God!
I'm happy to have been around greatness like Kendrick Lamar.
Brainfeeder makes me want to keep generating better music.
My whole being sonically comes from my dad's understanding of music.
I love being involved with Brainfeeder. I would have never thought that it would have been such an intense involvement.
It feels nice to be able to call Brainfeeder my home. It's giving art the platform. That's what Brainfeeder has always been for me: hope for art.
I feel like there are things that inspire the music, and then there's the music itself. I don't feel like I always need to force them together.
Growing up, I always loved working with people. I love playing with people and having that moment of discovering something different. I believe in the magic of what music is.
Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.
I can tell when one of my songs is played on the radio because everybody just starts calling and texting me. It gets overwhelming because if you don't answer the right ones, they think you hate them, or you're ignoring them and are not friends anymore. It's all kind of crazy.
I actually went to high school with Jay Rock.