I feel like I introduce another level of my creative ability on every album.

I have no trouble being a good dude because that's what I am.

My craziest ideas come from cartoons. I approach music by taking that cartoon extreme and the real life extreme and finding somewhere in the middle. The animated element lures people in, but the real-life substance puts the nail in the coffin.

My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot.

I wanted to make something that reminded people of the way albums used to feel. I wanted something as good as the stuff put out by the Bomb Squad, or Dr. Dre and his production crew, or 'A Tribe Called Quest.' I miss albums like those.

Got demons on both shoulders.

I love hip-hop, because you can do this like that and still be super successful! You ain't gotta hold your tongue.