Some people think I'm crazy, but I'm just a normal dude that loves music.
— Madlib
Dilla was a John Coltrane-type dude. He was always on a higher level. He inspired my music to become looser and more soulful.
My computer? I never use a computer. It's too easy.
I studied jazz at home with my grandparents. They always had jazz dudes at the house, but I didn't study formally. I just hung around a lot of musicians.
I'm all about the music.
Past, present, and future is where I'm at.
It's not easy to sound like Dilla, but you can make beats like Dilla with your computer, so that's why everybody sounds like Dilla.
I do a few shows every year, but I'm mostly at home, making music. Day and night.
The equipment doesn't matter, it's the vibe you put into it. If the music sounds good, music sounds good.
Dizzy Gillespie would come by, eating gumbo. It was crazy. My grandparents were friends with all of them. Dee Dee Bridgewater, all of them, they'd come through.
I used to memorize music when I was real young. Schoolwork, not so much. But music I could remember.
I'm a man of few words.
