Pharrell Williams in Blender

The legendary man behind some of the hottest beats and albums of our generation dishes about his new solo album, Carl Sagan and his perception of space travel.

On Carl Sagan: I think Carl Sagan was the sh*t. He was more than just a scientist, he was a scientist of life, and I thought he was a genius. He was definitely the kind and I completely look up to him. I read Cosmos, and Contact is one of my favorite movies.

On whether he’ll engage in commercial space travel: Absolutely not. You don’t know what’s going to happen once you get out there. What if they start locking all the black people out? You can’t figure what the situation is going to be out there. Out there gravity is different, and I’m pretty sure if the gravity is different a ton of other things are different, too. I’m definitely staying my ass on the ground.