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Flying Lotus

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 7, 1983

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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In high school, I was that guy who was trying to be cool with everybody, but I never really had a core group of friends.

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

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I actually really liked the music to the 'Friday the 13th' Nintendo game. I still listen to it all the time. I sampled it in a couple records, too. It's hypnotic and dark but also really pretty.

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It's tough when you're an artist because you get to go around the world and make a lot of friends, but guess what? One day, all these people that you love are going to die, from DJ Mehdi to DJ Dusk to J Dilla to Austin Peralta to DJ Rashad.

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I'm so thankful that I had music to turn to in the dark times and be able to understand myself through it.

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I'd love to work with Drake. I got Drake beats.

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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.

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People are not able to just make music anymore; we have to do things that don't necessarily make the art any better. But that's just how it is.

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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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I played saxophone for a while when I was a kid.

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Thundercat put me on to George Duke.

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

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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.

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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 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.

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I wouldn't want to get involved with a game that's a stinker - I can smell one of those a mile away.

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

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I'm a geek, man.

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I had the whole 'Ghostbusters' toy set with the firehouse and the car and everything. Sometimes I'd use my grandpa's camera and make little stop-motion cartoons with those toys - I was definitely a weird kid.

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