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Thundercat

American Musician

Born: Oct 19, 1984

Love Me Music People Time You

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I do enjoy a bit of the fantasy world that anime provides, but at the same time, I need the reality in it. I'm very much a stickler about the actual animation. I'm not into the cutesy, stereotypical animation with big eyes and a small chin. That annoys the hell out of me. Thundercat

Time Me Eyes Reality World Big Hell Enjoy Bit Out About Small Animation Anime Stereotypical Annoys Provides Very Same Same Time Chin Fantasy Fantasy World Much Actual Need

A lot of joking stems from a very dark place a bit. Thundercat

Dark Bit Dark Place Joking Stems Lot Very Place

I don't look at my instrument as having one specific role; I was raised to go as far as you can. But Raphael Saadiq hated my bass. He told me to throw it away. And playing in Snoop's band, there was a time when my bass was more annoying to everyone than helpful. They would get on my case: 'Can you make your bass sound like more of a bass?' Thundercat

Time Me You Band Bass Everyone Raphael Would Hated Case Having More Throw He Like Look Annoying Instrument Make Sound Go Than Role Get As Far As Far Your Helpful Away Specific Playing Raised

I try not to think too hard about music. I like to see where it goes. I try not to give it a direction. I figure out what it is as it's forming. I don't have any goal in mind other than to make the best music I can. Thundercat

I actually went to an arts middle school with Shia LaBeouf, but even there, I was one of the weirder kids. Thundercat

School Kids Weirder Arts Middle Middle School Even Actually

Reading and exercising are two things in life that are not necessary. Thundercat

Life Reading Exercising Things Necessary Two

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. Thundercat

Music Together First Singing Live Difficult Would Record Vocal Studio Like Track Either Them Necessarily Playing

Prayer is not passive. It takes a big man to pray - and to admit that he prays. Thundercat

Prayer Man Big Admit He Takes Pray Passive Prays

I've paid attention to guys growin' up like Richard Pryor or Paul Mooney. The message that they were sending with what they did was so much bigger than them. Thundercat

Guys Attention Like Message Were Up Than Did Sending Pryor Bigger Paul Them Richard Much Richard Pryor Paid

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! Thundercat

Even if you didn't want to have anything to do with the politics, you have to. Thundercat

Politics You Want Anything Even

Songs being nine to 10 minutes long? Everyone is scared to to do it. Thundercat

Long Nine Everyone Scared Minutes Songs Being

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. Thundercat

Great You Hate People Way Worst Out Some Had Studio Studios Weird Come Terrible Times Get Personalities Honest

Creatively, I'm not one to advocate people knowing every little nuance about you sometimes. Thundercat

You People Sometimes Every About Knowing Advocate Little Creatively Nuance

I'm not Beyonce or Trey Songz or anything, so every now and again, I feel a little like, 'Are they listening to me, or am I just sounding crazy singing to myself?' I feel like that sometimes. Thundercat

Myself Me Crazy Sometimes Listening Singing Every Feel Like Beyonce Am Just Anything Again Little Now

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. Thundercat

Happy People Enjoy Guess Would Voice Know Expect Personally Realize

'Looney Tunes' was not a children's cartoon. I don't care what anybody says. It was very politically charged, very racial. And then they tried to soften it up for kids later. But it was for the adults. Thundercat

Care Soften Later Says Kids Charged Tried Cartoon Adult Up Very Politically Anybody Children Tunes Racial Then

'Mortal Kombat,' the first arcade one, that soundtrack sounds like a Chick Corea album. Thundercat

First Arcade Mortal Like Sounds Soundtrack Chick Album

I try and act like I'm all there. But I'm not! Thundercat

Try Like Act

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

Time Blessing Idea Genre Same Same Time Curse

It was actually working with Kendrick Lamar that pushed me further into the act of songwriting, specifically. Thundercat

Me Further Pushed Songwriting Working Act Specifically Actually

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