Quotes from Gold Panda

I've been making music ever since, but it was never something I thought I could make any money doing.

My uncle was a music producer and even he'd tell me to get a proper job. I tried to get him to give me five grand to make an album - it didn't happen.

I have loads of stuff that never came out because I really don't think it's good enough.

I was really into hip-hop as a teenager. I dressed up like Tupac with baggy jeans and a dodgy bandanna around my head. I was pretty confused at that time.

I'm just really happy to be happy for the first time since I was about 20.

I'm a long way off finishing the LP, but I've got an idea in my head of exactly how I want it to look and sound.

There's just so much stuff that sounds like Flying Lotus now - I really like what he does, but I don't want to be like him. The new stuff is more experimental.

I understand people have to go to work and earn money and bring up kids, but I always thought, "Why can't I just do what I want to do?"