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

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 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.

Anything that benefits the public and not just big banking, that's what I'm with.

I'm glad I had kids young because we have a strong bond and listen to the same music.

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.

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.

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.

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

To play your music in front of the fans that love it, it's like the best feeling in the world.