63 Quotes by Madlib

I think a lot of guys are influenced by 'Pinata.' I fathered a lot of styles off that album.

I'm a man of few words.

I do a few shows every year, but I'm mostly at home, making music. Day and night.

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.

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.

My computer? I never use a computer. It's too easy.

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.

Dilla was a John Coltrane-type dude. He was always on a higher level. He inspired my music to become looser and more soulful.

I'm all about the music.