Mike Shinoda

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. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#artist #going #grew #had #i

I have a BFA in illustration. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#illustration

I liked the piano. I always liked playing. I just hated homework. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#hated #homework #i #i always #just

I loved Transformers when I was a kid. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#kid #loved #transformers

I'm excited to doing more scoring work in the future. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#excited #future #i #more #scoring

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

— Mike Shinoda

#been #cutting #cutting edge #edge #electronic

In high school I was making beats for my friends and for myself and rapping over them. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#friends #high #high school #i #making

Little pieces of advice like that can provide us with months' worth of entertainment. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#entertainment #like #little #little pieces #months

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. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#citizens #class #class citizens #dad #japanese

My parents still treat Christmas like I'm thirteen years old. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#i #like #old #parents #still