Flying Lotus
Musician
1983-10-07
Quotes by Flying Lotus
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Thundercat, specifically, is insane. I'm always surprised at the things he comes up with when we're jamming out together. I gotta try to keep up with him and his ideas, be able to respond without speaking, and come through with some more music. He challenges me to keep it musical and not so computer.
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I took to the synthesizer. My cousin had some synthesizers, and I'd always make stuff on those things.
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People don't really care to be around you when you're going through tough times.
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Kendrick is a true genius artist.
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The first beat that I ever made that I thought was actually worth a damn was called 'Toilet Paper Nostrils,' and I made it when I had a cold. I had the worst cold ever. And I had toilet-paper nostrils making music, but it was really reflective of how I felt. It was a really sad trumpet sound.
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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.
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