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Flying Lotus

American Musician

Born: Oct 7, 1983

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People don't really care to be around you when you're going through tough times. Flying Lotus

Tough Times You People Care Tough Through Around Times Going Really

I was first inspired to make music by my cousin Oran. He was making music on an old Mac II by himself in his little lab, and I just started taking up after him. He was the first person to put a machine in front of me to work on. He was like my big brother, someone who I looked up to. Flying Lotus

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Before saying, 'This track is so dope; it's gonna go on the album,' I like to take some time away from it and see how I feel about it in a few months. If it's gonna get released, I gotta love it - it's gonna have my name on it forever. Flying Lotus

Love Saying Time Before Few Dope Months Released See Some About Take Feel Name Like Track How Gotta Go Forever Get Gonna Away Album

Childish Gambino - him and I are the same age, and I really like him. Flying Lotus

Age Childish Like Him Same Same Age Really

I took to the synthesizer. My cousin had some synthesizers, and I'd always make stuff on those things. Flying Lotus

Took Synthesizer Those Some Had Stuff Make Always Cousin Things

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

Saxophone Kid While Played

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. Flying Lotus

Music Club Think Out Kind Like Always Person Chilling Across

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. Flying Lotus

Sometimes Car Everything Kid Those Definitely Cartoons Had Weird Toy Toys Make Camera Little Grandpa Use Whole Set

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. Flying Lotus

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I was a real big fan of Lil Wayne when he first came out. Flying Lotus

First Big Wayne Out He Lil Wayne Real Came Big Fan Fan

When I was in middle school, that's when I first started making beats. I was maybe 14, 16, something like that. Flying Lotus

School First Something Beats Like Making Maybe Middle Middle School Started

'Cosmogramma' is basically the studies that map out the universe and the relations of heaven and hell. Flying Lotus

Hell Universe Relations Out Studies Heaven Map Basically

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. Flying Lotus

I believe there's more than this - that maybe, when we die, our brains conjure up some kind of shutdown experience, and that's what people try to sum up as the afterlife. Flying Lotus

Experience People Try Believe Sum Our Kind Some More Brains Up Than Die Maybe Afterlife Conjure

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. Flying Lotus

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.' Flying Lotus

Day Me Bad Day Eye Eye Contact Bad See Having More Contact Like Safe Make Oh Might Gonna Who Keep Cop

Sometimes I feel evil! Flying Lotus

Sometimes Evil Feel

George Clinton is the best storyteller in the world. Flying Lotus

Best World George Clinton Storyteller

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. Flying Lotus

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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. Flying Lotus

World Seen Too Books About Talk Experienced Many Things

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. Flying Lotus

You Grateful Way Say Would Something Through Self Had Along Know Learn Go Want Anything Younger Really Means Things

Kendrick is a true genius artist. Flying Lotus

Genius True True Genius Artist

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