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When it comes to art in general now, we've become so aware of our influence. We know when people are listening, when people are watching. It's not healthy. We start creating with that in the background of our mind. I think it's ruined my mind.
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The producer role attracts introverts. Making music on your computer is so appealing to someone who just sits in their room all day.
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I'm really grateful for all of the things I've had to learn along the way, you know? I don't know if I would want to say anything to my younger self. That way, you know, it really means something. If you have to go through it all, it really means something.
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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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There are things I've seen and experienced in this world - things they don't talk about in too many books.
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Before I started Brainfeeder, there were rumblings in our own circle about creating a label for us all. Then I started to see all these other ones from Europe try to capitalise on the scene. It didn't make sense to me that there were all these people who were trying to build on something that was in our backyard.
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I don't like to brag about it, but there are people I've worked with at the start of their career, and they've all become very, very successful.
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If I see a cop, it's not like, 'Oh, there's a cop who's gonna keep me safe.' It's more, 'There's a cop who might be having a bad day, so don't make eye contact.'
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I do think your environment really plays into how you create. I lived in San Francisco for a bit, and I felt like I lived in the Matrix - so my music had that paranoid-of-the-outside sound to it.
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We're all trying so hard to be beautiful, but the people in 'Kuso' are trying so hard to be disgusting.
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All of the Flying Lotus records are exploring similar themes: These questions in my mind about what's next and what's beyond.
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I don't want to do one of those records where it's like a compilation of a bunch of all sorts of rappers on my beats. I don't find those to be focused albums.
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When I was in middle school, that's when I first started making beats. I was maybe 14, 16, something like that.
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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 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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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 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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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'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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I took to the synthesizer. My cousin had some synthesizers, and I'd always make stuff on those things.
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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 like Philip Glass. I think he's made some really great contributions to his field. I love his style of playing - it's very loop-style.
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I love my Fender Rhodes. It's been a part of my family since that keyboard came out, and I've had it reworked so that it's in the best condition it's actually ever been in. That is my baby.
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I don't have a great story, but I love Boards of Canada. I didn't get into it when it was happening; I got into it later on.
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I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, which doesn't feel like L.A. It's a bit different. It's still L.A. County, but it's not the same, it's not the kind of place where they embrace you for being a weirdo. You were just left alone with your Nintendo, and that was my life.
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People don't really care to be around you when you're going through tough times.
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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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Reading music has opened up me up so much. I've been experimenting for so long and trying to make sense of things just from my ears. It takes forever. Now I can get where I want much quicker.
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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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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 like to stay in the space of creativity, and I want to go towards that all the time.
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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.
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