For me, it's a great thing to tell people anything is possible. When I was 15, people told me 'You're not going to be a DJ.'

I have a very varied taste in music from Boards of Canada to Radiohead. So I just love making music and being in the studio.

What's funny for me is that I made a lot of the music I make with intentions of it being a song you listen to, to chill out.

I don't have a great story, but I love Boards of Canada. I didn't get into it when it was happening; I got into it later on.

I don't think anyone's career is so big that they can't know where their major synchs are or where their publishing is going.

It's more my own thing if I do instrumentals, but I also do really love collaborating with vocalists, so it's a good balance.

All of the Flying Lotus records are exploring similar themes: These questions in my mind about what's next and what's beyond.

Happiness is something you get from yourself. If you're completely satisfied with yourself, nobody can take it away from you.

I always argue with a lot of people. They ask me for my top rappers, and he's always on my list. I mean, the GZA inspired me.

Communicating with musicians is really interesting because everyone has their quirks and their strengths and their weaknesses.

So I was about 19 when I got my first SP-1200, and on that SP-1200, I made 'Bring The Pain' and a few other classic Wu joints.

One of the reasons why my album is called 'Forget the World' is because when you listen to the world, you make stupid mistakes.

I really like to be alone. It's nearly like being naked in the studio, and if someone were to walk in, that wouldn't feel good.

A DJ can't just play one song. It's about playing a set, or how you connect songs in those two hours, and where you place them.

It's always the first 10,000 SoundCloud listens; that was definitely a big moment, seeing the online stuff grow and crowds grow.

I would never say I will stay in electronic music for the rest of my life. I will always do whatever I feel like at that moment.

This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.

I got a chance to act in a film, 'Derailed.' I was having a recurring nightmare, and after doing that film, the nightmares stopped.

The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our country.

I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.

The producer role attracts introverts. Making music on your computer is so appealing to someone who just sits in their room all day.

When I was growing up, I said to my ex-girlfriend, 'I will not be successful until everyone in Holland knows my name.' And it worked.

There are some guys out there who make great music who may or may not be super-emotionally attached to their work. To each their own.

As a music supervisor, you learn to embrace the best of every genre, and I really have to say there's nothing that I'm embarrassed of.

I'm not the kind of person who's always out at the club if I don't have to be. I like chilling. I think that comes across in my music.

The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals?

There's no person I aspire to be. I'm just doing my own thing and seeing what happens - not looking to something and trying to be that.

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?"

I'm actually sometimes nervous right before a performance, but as soon as I'm on the stage I'm like, 'okay, we're gonna rock this baby.'

I like Philip Glass. I think he's made some really great contributions to his field. I love his style of playing - it's very loop-style.

Twenty percent of my records, you'll find a loop, like two or three loops per album out of 13 or 15 songs. I'd rather keep it like that.

In '92 - '93, I was at that age when I was looking for my identity and that's when I found dance music and I really fell in love with it.

I like to get a vibe first, then a melody and really beat up the melody for a while, then try and find a lyric that really suits him/her.

Every artist is different - I work with a lot of artists from the ground up because it's really amazing to watch projects go from Minute 1.

I'd be pretty saddened to hear anyone say, 'Yeah, listen to this... God, I'm awesome, the way this all sits together,' about their own work.

I had a little Walkman, the worst Walkman ever. It was the yellow one, that underwater Walkman. Like you need to take a Walkman under water.

I usually find stuff that I hope no one really knows or cares about. If I'm ripping off something that's already brilliant, what's the point?

Knowledge is like fire 'cause it breaks down things so you can see what they truly are. It's like how a fire breaks your body down to carbon.

I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real.

There was a loophole in the law that said if I was working, I could be in the clubs as long as I didn't drink alcohol and had someone with me.

If you really want a radio station to play your song, go to that radio station every day with that song in your hand and say, 'Please play it.'

I'm an electronic guy, I'm a freak for electronic music but real instruments, the dynamic range of it, and the emotions, there's no comparison.

There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most creative DJs or producers are always the biggest ones.

I'm grateful for what I've accomplished. I'm grateful for anyone who thinks I accomplished something and says, 'Well he did this; he did that.'

I don't like to brag about it, but there are people I've worked with at the start of their career, and they've all become very, very successful.

I'm not much of a coffee person, but when I wake up and the sun is shining through the window, I'll get a lil' bit of green tea and get to work.

When scoring a film, empathy is the key. And it is just as important to use music to express the actors' emotions as it is to move the audience.

The only person you need to be credible to is yourself. When you stand in front of the mirror and nobody is watching, are you happy with yourself?

Here's the thing: if I want to do something, I just have to do it - for real! I'm not gonna pussy out in the moment. I don't want no holding back!

It's not good to argue with your woman about something, because women feel strong about it, they slap you in your face, you still go back to them.

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