Anderson .Paak. He’s a man and artist that appears to be living his best life at the moment. Seeing a surge in almost every aspect of his music-related life, due to the success and appreciation of his Malibu LP, Anderson is killing it in every way possible.

Taking a break from his busy schedule, Anderson .Paak found some time to chop it up with his friend, Flying Lotus, for Interview Magazine. Touching on various topics relating to music and his daily life, some of the most interesting tidbits comes from Mr. .Paak sharing just what he dreams abouts.

PAAK: At some point, I was so caught up in the Anderson .Paak artistry and finally getting ready to shine and wanting to make it happen, and going for gold and all this stuff. But what I’m thinking about now is like, “What’s beyond this? What do you want to do beyond you? What are things you want to get into that can help create a platform?” Kind of like what you do with Brainfeeder [FlyLo’s music label and film company], which I’ve never been really in the position to do before. But now I’m always thinking about that with my band the Free Nationals; I’ve been getting their album together and seeing their potential, what they can do as a group, and making sure they’re all straight. And I got a little son. I really see visions of him doing his thing, man. I have dreams of him being older and being something that I could never even fathom because I just catch stuff already and I’m just like, “I need to hurry up and get out of the way.” I don’t have a whole lot of time. I’m putting a lot of time into this artistry, but any time I’m with him, it brings me back to this, “Wow, dude, it’s about to be you. You’re about to really do this thing.” Beyond myself, how can I help put these people in a position to live out their dreams because, honestly, I’m so wrapped up right in Anderson .Paak every day. You know, I’ve never been one for sports, but with this music thing, I feel like I have the same kind of work ethic that athletes put into their professions.

He even drops interesting tidbits about his writing process.

FLYLO: In the writing process, are you one of those people who are always writing lyrics and stuff, and then you find a place to put them, or do you only write when you hear a beat?

PAAK: I just write everything down that is inspiring at the moment, because even if it’s just a sentence or a word or a situation that happened, with my writing, I am a fan of wit and clever ways to say simple things. So I feel like a lot of that stuff comes out in conversations.

Inviting us even further into his world, you can read the entire interview between the two, here.