I'm not the guy in the dress with the blood and the unrequited gay whatever - which, according to my psychiatrist, my gayness is a form of narcissism but you'll have to ask him about that.

The same people that always think I'm pretentious will think I'm pretentious, and the people who relate to me will continue to relate to me.

For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.

I was trying to write a song based on a story in a random book of Puerto Rican short stories that I found in a thrift store. I thought it was really dark, and so I tried to interpret it. I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.

I don't think it will ever be lessened. Because I always move on to something else - and the music that I listen to, that I ingest, is a lot different than what I put out. I'm always becoming obsessed with the next phase of my musical vocabulary.

If you're not Jay-Z, a record leaking isn't going to affect you.

It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.