Ashley Thomas Quotes

I'm thinking about starting a solo project. But it will feature Tyler on all the songs. We'll call it something like 'Two Music Boys.'

I've been working with Thundercat forever.

Oh man, I would definitely love to work with Kanye on something. But it really is all up to him, so whatever he wants to do, I'm with it.

I don't really have a dream collaboration.

I was thinking about working with Lady Gaga, not 'Born This Way' but more her old stuff that she did with RedOne from her first album. I think that would be really fun - a cool combination.

My dream collaboration is with Lauryn Hill. Is that ever gonna' happen? Who knows! But there's still a lot I feel like musically I could do.

Anything I do with Team Sleep, I'd do with Deftones as well.

When I work with artists, I give them a general guideline of what my vision is. Then they're going to speak their minds on how they view it, too. The song that defines 'Neon Future' the best is the title track. I wrote that with Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun. It's through his words. We had an amazing songwriting session together, connecting.

I was rather disappointed, because the one thing I wanted to gain from that opportunity was to add something to his music, and have him add something to mine.

Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!

I've done a collaboration with Action Bronson, which is, like, the coolest thing I've done so far.

On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.

'Welcome to Atlanta' was a song I wanted to do on my first album. The idea was for me and Outkast to do it, but I could never come up with a beat for us to do it. Outkast beats and my beats were very different.

There's a synergy with Dre and me.

If you got a vibe with a producer I think you should go full-fledged instead of being satisfied with two songs.

I don't know if Kim Gordon does collaborations but I'd love to work with her on something one day.

I might find out about a songwriter and start following them on Instagram. Within a day, we might be hanging out and feeling out whether we can work together.

I openly share music with Drake, especially when it's time for him to have a project.

Bjork for sure. Definitely, I would like to do like something with Tommy Genesis, too. There's a lot of people actually.

I come from hip hop for sure, and there are basic elements of that, but then I'll take from somewhere else, like samba, and do it with trap drums. I like going places other people haven't gone before.

Having Dierks Bentley on a song is one of the coolest things I've ever gotten to experience. For one, him agreeing to do a song with me but two, getting to share that moment in the studio.

I'd like to produce something with Kanye. Like, my production plus his, I think he'd make something really cool.

'The Alesha Show' was done with production crew Xenomania, and this time, I've worked with a lot of upcoming new producers.

I think Kendrick Lamar is great. It would be cool to do something with him.

I really don't believe in going too far out of your way to hunt down somebody to do a song.