Flying Lotus

It's okay to not be working all the time and to be gentle on yourself when you're not. When it feels like you're losing that inspiration - or you're in a rut, not making stuff, and your head gets all weird - be gentle on yourself. Just ease into things naturally. But you still have to ease into it: you still have to sit in the chair. ”

The Internet makes it possible for everyone to collaborate. ”

I first was introduced to really, I guess, underground electronic music when I was in middle school. ”

For me, being 10 years old and seeing 'Jurassic Park' for the first time blew my mind. I want music to feel like that. ”

I found so many reasons to call it 'You're Dead!' - not just because I wanted to make this album about the journey through death. I was watching the music scene that I came up with kind of go stale and watching the lights go out on a lot of my friends. ”

Death is a reality, and one day I'm not going to be here anymore, and whatever's next might not be that bad either. ”

I like to stay in the space of creativity, and I want to go towards that all the time. ”

I work a lot. ”

I need to help people to create the best work that they can. It's just something a producer should do anyway. ”

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. ”