Madlib Quotes

We're always in the studio pretty much, either at home or on the road, trying to come up with new ideas and stuff.

If I'm not on tour or doing a show, I'm in the studio.

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it.

I'm in the studio for hours in that tiny little box, and really, the performing part is what I'm most excited about.

I just love being in the studio, and that's kind of what I do when I'm not on the road. I'm just in the studio messing with stuff, and I love playing all the instruments.

I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music. Without writing good stuff in the studio, you have nothing to play live.

Being in a band is far more than playing an instrument. It's surviving. It's getting an album together.

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

It takes a lot of selfish time to make music.

Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a band, that's kinda how we figure out the feel of how they're going to be presented on the record or live.

I love the writing and performing, but everything in between sucks.

I just want to focus on creating more music.

As a producer, as a songwriter, I've spent a lot of time either in my bedroom or in studios, alone.

No. 1, I'm a songwriter, and I don't really get out and tour.

I do feel most at home playing live, but the feeling of getting into the studio to see the new songs take shape was really incredible.

Plus, we spend most of our time writing music. Most of the time is spent in the studio in my house.

Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.

The 'Daryl's House' thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain.

I don't listen to a lot of music; I write more music than I listen to, for sure.

I write by myself and then deliver the song. Everybody knows, 'Leave Ester alone when she's in her zone.' Give me a studio and the tracks, and I'll call you when the doctor is done.

Yeah I'm still writing. I've got about 14 tracks now. But we've been on tour so we haven't had time to get back to a rehearsal place.

When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.

Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.