Flying Lotus Quotes

That's what my music is good for - clearing out the house and being alone.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

The only thing that's ever made sense to me has been sitting in the house by myself making music.

Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone.

My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old. That's what it is.

I find it quite useful to be alone when I'm making music, but also in general, in life.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

I spent most of my time in my room staring at a mirror. I never knew I was supposed to socialize. I just spent hours making faces at myself, having a good time.

I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just sat in my psyche and then came out.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet.

I happen to be pretty productive when I am in jail. When you are in jail, you have to spend more time with yourself.

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

Writing is an antidote for loneliness.

I was always the observer, trying to understand what was going on. I was always the new kid. Writing became my safe place.

My music is very personal. I've created it in solitude. I face a white wall and beller. I like that sound - the expression of loneliness. That's what it's all about.

I love people, and I love to be with people and to make music with people, but my natural state is to revert back to being by myself in my house, which is cool because that's where I practice and write and listen and study.

I usually sing when I'm by myself.

I used to spend a lot of time alone as a kid, creating characters and doing voices in my room, and I thought to myself, I'm either going to go absolutely nuts, or I'm going to find something to put that energy into.

Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.

I used to be locked up in my bedroom for hours, just listening to music, making some of my own, doodling and writing poetry.

My EP, 'Room 93,' was all about isolation - it was based on the idea of being in a hotel room and being totally alone with yourself or that other person.

I spent one year being very poor at home with my piano, and nobody was calling me, but I had space to think about things on my own and find out exactly what I wanted to do.

There might be some hours of loneliness. But there was something wonderful even in loneliness. At least you belonged to yourself when you were lonely.

We must relearn to be alone.