The natural world operates by its own set of rules. The animal world, all the places that are feral and ungovernable, that's where I find a lot of inspiration. There is just as much beauty there, but there is also decay and violence.

Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth it backed me up and shielded me, it shook me and scared me and showed me the way; music opened me up to living and being and feeling.

Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce.

I've learned to really enjoy video games. It's really toxic to have in your house, because it's really distracting.

I think that the intentions are genuine in the search for authenticity, but it can tip over into absurdity so quickly. I just start to wonder, like, what authenticity even is, and whether we can even start to define it in such a globalized world.

I think you should be prepared for a green-screen CGI at all times.

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.