Quotes from Thundercat

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?'

My first reaction to playing at Coachella was like a kid who has no idea of the rules. I just wanted to go have a jam session with my friends. I didn't get that we couldn't just jump on one another's stages while they were performing!

Songs being nine to 10 minutes long? Everyone is scared to to do it.

A lot of joking stems from a very dark place a bit.

Creatively, I'm not one to advocate people knowing every little nuance about you sometimes.

I do enjoy a bit of the fantasy world that anime provides, but at the same time, I need the reality in it. I'm very much a stickler about the actual animation. I'm not into the cutesy, stereotypical animation with big eyes and a small chin. That annoys the hell out of me.

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.

I hate studios; I'll be honest with you. People get weird in the studio. I've had some great and terrible times with people. People's personalities come out in the worst way.

Sometimes you gotta get stupid with yourself, and you gotta enjoy your own company some time.

The truth is hip hop has always complemented jazz and vice versa, but there's always been this communication barrier that exists based on music to lyrics.

You love 'Dragon Ball Z' for what it is, but when you really start to look at it, you're like, 'What the hell am I watching?' sometimes.

I love Drake's music.

When I was younger, I was always a musician that could play by ear better than I could analytically.

I went to Locke High School in Watts towards the end of the super gangbanging era.

Reading and exercising are two things in life that are not necessary.

I'm left-handed.