Quotes from Thundercat

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.

I kind of find humor in everything, even to the point where it's awkward - like, the worst scenarios are the funniest things ever.

That will be on my tombstone: He lived five minutes away from Flying Lotus.

I remember swallowing my tooth up in a high chair, but I definitely don't remember the first time I played bass.

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.'

It's a blessing and a curse at the same time, the idea of genre.

I don't play with toys anymore. I mean, I do play with toys, but not like when I was a kid. I don't crash cars into each other, but now I collect certain toys.

The world is sick.

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.

I appreciate my parents for everything they instilled in me and my brothers.

Driving around with my dad, growing up, he would play everything: Philip Bailey, Manhattan Transfer, Frank Zappa, Cream. I'd be like, 'Dad, cut this stuff off!' And he'd say, 'No, you're gonna listen to it.' I didn't understand why he liked it so much. In my mind, I would be thinking about the theme song to 'Sonic the Hedgehog.'

I love being involved with Brainfeeder. I would have never thought that it would have been such an intense involvement.

I actually went to high school with Jay Rock.

I listen to Kenny Loggins, like - I want to be Kenny Loggins.

Kenny Loggins pours his heart and soul into the music he makes. He'll take you with him through everything he's going through, which is not easy.

My high school teacher, Reggie Andrews, was a huge factor in my learning my instrument. He didn't play bass, but it was the part where he gave me a knowledgeable perspective of what it was that I was doing.

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.

If you can fart in front of somebody, you know that they love you.

I'm a guy where my perfect pitch has been altered by the fact that I usually tune up to what's going on. When I was a kid, it was horrible! If two notes were playing right next to each other, and they were dissonant, it would drive me nuts. If it was something that sounded like it was in between notes, it'd make me cringe.

'Looney Tunes' was not a children's cartoon. I don't care what anybody says. It was very politically charged, very racial. And then they tried to soften it up for kids later. But it was for the adults.

I love Gino Vannelli! I love every one of his albums. He's one of my favourite songwriters - straight up.

I feel like music itself is inspirational enough. Especially with the Internet. Not to sound like a shut-in.

'Mortal Kombat,' the first arcade one, that soundtrack sounds like a Chick Corea album.

It was actually working with Kendrick Lamar that pushed me further into the act of songwriting, specifically.