I've always had a problem with authority. I just can't wear a suit - it would kill me.

It's nice to just do my hobby and be able to live.

My uncle was a music producer and even he'd tell me to get a proper job. I tried to get him to give me five grand to make an album - it didn't happen.

I understand people have to go to work and earn money and bring up kids, but I always thought, "Why can't I just do what I want to do?"

I want to move away from sampling records and just have it be quite minimal. I don't want any more hip-hop beats in there.

I'm a long way off finishing the LP, but I've got an idea in my head of exactly how I want it to look and sound.

Maybe I should disappear and not make anymore music. I mean, I think I'd take it really badly if I got slayed.

I was really into hip-hop as a teenager. I dressed up like Tupac with baggy jeans and a dodgy bandanna around my head. I was pretty confused at that time.

There's just so much stuff that sounds like Flying Lotus now - I really like what he does, but I don't want to be like him. The new stuff is more experimental.

I'm more confident in my music now because people are saying it's good - I'm trying to believe it, but it's very difficult. I don't know if it's going to end in disaster.

I usually find stuff that I hope no one really knows or cares about. If I'm ripping off something that's already brilliant, what's the point?

If I really wanted to say or ask anything important (to her imposing father) I could not trust my tongue to get it right.

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.

I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

I hear better with a pen in my hand.

A real man makes his own luck.

I used to play sports in school, but it was hard to do that because you're part of a team and you don't want to let your team down.

Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I always go all-out with my costumes.

I've been racing a long time, and I realize you go through good streaks and bad streaks.

I speak to women's groups, Chambers of Commerce, manufacturing organizations. Just did the Mike Huckabee Show. I do about two speaking engagements a month. I still enjoy travelling.