I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

The goal is to make something that sounds new and different.

I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven in L.A.

It's been said to me that I'm self-destructive because I'll walk away from things that are good.

If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.

Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be.

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.