Big Boi

My goal every time I make a record is just to make the funkiest, the best music I could possibly make, both lyrically, and music-wise.

I don't need a sensationalized headline to sell music or to bring attention to my music. It's the music and it's always been about the music.

I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.

I listen to all types of music so I'm influenced by everything.

I'm nocturnal when it comes to recording - I'm just more creative at night.

My wife cooks. I can't cook. I can remix leftovers pretty good, though.

I'm just a cool type of guy who's all about positives.

My kids listen to everything because I listen to everything, so it's not far-fetched to hear them playing Metallica and then playing A Tribe Called Quest or N.W.A.

Being an M.C. is all about just going for the throat.

Look, I got 11,052 songs on my iPod. Cyndi Lauper, Guns N' Roses, Geto Boys, N.W.A.... push shuffle and anything will come on.

The music that I make is built on layers upon layers of musical ideas. I want to keep it fun and fresh to where listeners won't get everything from just one listen. They can go back to it months, weeks, or even years later and hear something that they didn't ever hear before. That's what it's all about.

When I leave a room, it's gonna be footprints of funk wherever I stepped, because I'm a soul-funk crusader.

I'm dead serious about my craft and just really serious about making music in itself. I take pride in making songs and albums where no two songs sound alike. That's the challenge and that's what it's all about, to keep it original and fresh and funky.

The way to judge a new artist is by listening to their albums and gauging the progress that they make from the first record to the next one.

My kids, they're like nine or ten years old right now so you give 'em responsibilities just to keep them up on things. It ain't just all about getting on the skateboard or putting your Heelys on, and swimming in the pool all the time. You gotta do stuff like wash dishes, take the trash out, feed the dog.

There's so many lies being told throughout the media and people just run with the lies. They're numb to it. Too many followers, not enough leaders.

The sheep-people don't think for themselves anymore. You can say anything and it's the gospel truth and they don't have to go research it or anything, and they believe everything the news tells them. People don't go and do their own investigations if it's relationships or politics or anything.

I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.

I'm into creating something that I've never created before.

I'm just a product of my environment, and it comes out in the music.

The world is really run by the Web. There's so much information out there that you can click and keep going down the rabbit hole finding stuff.

One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth.

I'm about making music and spending time with my family. I've been in the spotlight so long that I'm looking for something different.

I think remixes give songs more life.

I'm a Libertarian. I'm liberty, justice for all, liberty for all.