Flying Lotus

Truth be told, I think jazz is a mind-set. It's not necessarily, like, this guy picked up a horn and did this or whatever. ”

I built computers and stuff when I was a teenager and whatever. ”

My collaborations tend to be pretty organic. It starts off with me being a fan first. ”

I like boring. Boring is cool. ”

I feel like my music has a reputation for being pretty serious or whatnot, but I like having fun. ”

We're all trying so hard to be beautiful, but the people in 'Kuso' are trying so hard to be disgusting. ”

I know what it's like listening to Aphex Twin driving down the beach. ”

I definitely learned to communicate with other musicians better. I used to feel so intimidated by guys who can read notes, like, 'Oh my God, they're gonna think I'm not even gonna be able to sit at the table.' But I've come to see that a lot of these musicians don't know how to read music either, and that made me feel good. ”

If I have to be 'the experimental guy' or whatever, then I'll roll with it. ”

I feel like part of my journey as a filmmaker is to tell different stories, whether they are just a black perspective on things that aren't necessarily hood movies, or Tyler Perry movies or Ava DuVernay movies. Love all those people, but that whole thing has been sowed up already. ”