Mike Shinoda

“I remember being a little kid sitting in the living room with my brother and some friends from around the neighborhood, and I would sit at the piano and as they were running around the room...”

“I've been really excited about some new cutting edge electronic music and technology.”

“I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.”

“I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid...”

“I know at one point I had bright red hair and I had bracelets from my wrist up to my elbow and I was wearing size 50 pants. I wouldn't wear that today, but I'm not embarrassed about wearing...”

“My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and shouldn't be trusted.”

“I loved Transformers when I was a kid.”