Thundercat

“Brainfeeder makes me want to keep generating better music.”

“At the end of the day, it's not like were not going to die. It's not like there is this one guy that's, like, 900.”

“Hall & Oates is everything.”

“When you put a top on something and try to bottle it, that's when it dies.”

“Sometimes you gotta get stupid with yourself, and you gotta enjoy your own company some time.”

“Singing and playing live can be difficult. Like, in the studio, I would record either the music track first or the vocal first. I don't necessarily do them together.”

“If you can fart in front of somebody, you know that they love you.”

“I hate studios; I'll be honest with you. People get weird in the studio. I've had some great and terrible times with people. People's personalities come out in the worst way.”

“There's worse things in life than death.”

“I've grown up with jazz - the Joe Hendersons, Oliver Nelsons, Miles Davis and stuff - but I was also listening to, like, Slipknot, Korn, and Rage Against the Machine. There was all of that weaved - interweaved - in there, and being from L.A., you tend to know your musical history.”

“My first reaction to playing at Coachella was like a kid who has no idea of the rules. I just wanted to go have a jam session with my friends. I didn't get that we couldn't just jump on one another's stages while they were performing!”

“I always wanted to be involved with music that would stand the test of time, being on one of those definitive things that you have to have listened to at some point.”

“I love Gino Vannelli! I love every one of his albums. He's one of my favourite songwriters - straight up.”

“It's a blessing and a curse at the same time, the idea of genre.”

“I don't think it's corny to pray at all.”

“I'll look at superheroes and comics and stuff and wonder, 'Why wouldn't you dress like that if you could?' With fashion, I look at it as a way to express that. I don't really pull any punches on it; otherwise, you get caught up in this nexus of dressing like everyone else.”

“I feel like music itself is inspirational enough. Especially with the Internet. Not to sound like a shut-in.”

“It's a privilege to always be able to create.”

“I personally didn't realize people would enjoy my voice, I guess. I'm happy that they do, but I didn't know what to expect.”

“I really love my cat.”