Thundercat

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.

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

You can do all kinds of things with your instrument outside of its surface purpose. My bass is my crutch, but the best crutch I could have.

Sometimes I practice to Allan Holdsworth or John McLaughlin, but I don't just practice to jazz and jazz-fusion albums. I'll practice to TV theme music - one of my favorites is 'M*A*S*H.' I'll just play along with anything on the TV.

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

There's worse things in life than death.

I started taking the bass more seriously when I heard Jaco Pastorius.

If somebody can make a joke about you on TV, that's so beautiful. You've affected pop culture to that degree.

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?

Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.

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

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?