I envisioned all these people who had been admired for having been freaks in their own time, and I saw myself in line with them.

For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new.

During those formative times, I really didn't know what was going on, and I was sort of torn in a thousand different directions with how I felt about what I was doing.

I was been raised to believe I was an artist. I believed what my parents said and fulfilled it, like a prophecy.

I definitely don't feel a sense of jealousy or competition, and that's a really good feeling.

Confidence was never in short supply in my case. If anything, I think I overshot the mark with confidence way too early in my career, and gradually, it's about just getting more humble and wanting to sit down more.

I'm a product of my environment.