Flying Lotus Quotes

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Flying Lotus

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 7, 1983

I'm always seeing stuff and imagining scenes in my head when I'm making music.

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I can't let darkness be what guides my decisions. I can't let that be what guides how I treat people. I can't let that be what drives my art, either.

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I was 10 years old when the Northridge quake happened, and I lived right in the area, so it was a traumatic thing for me. I'd never had anything like that happen before. It's always stuck with me.

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I love 'Pop Team Epic,' which is really trippy.

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I go through phases when I'm super into my anime stuff.

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

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Whenever I am making stuff, I got a thing in the back of my mind: 'Oh, this would be so perfect for' whoever.

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

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I've always been a techie kind of person.

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I decided to play the saxophone because it was the most obvious instrument in my family. There were a lot of saxophone players in my family, and there were extra saxophones, so that was an easy one to pick up. It was fun - it was okay - it just wasn't me. It didn't feel like my instrument, so I never followed through.

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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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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.

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I go through phases where I'm not into jazz as much, and then I'll get heavy, heavy, heavy into it.

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

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When I can make music and don't have to think about anyone else's ideas or voice - when I'm making something that only I can make - it feels good. It's nice when you can find a sound that only you can make. No one else can make 'Cosmogramma.' No one else can make 'Until the Quiet Comes.'

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I remember Usher came up to me at Coachella once, and it's like, 'Are you sure you're talking to the right person? How do you even know what I look like? You're not supposed to know who I am.'

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I work a lot.

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I like when my mind is being stimulated and challenged, and I'm forced to be creative.

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Whenever it gets a little cold in L.A., it gives me an excuse to light my fireplace. You could stare at that joint for, like, a cool two hours. It's entrancing.

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