Sometimes it's hard to listen to new music and get motivated, because it's elementary to me - no disrespect to new artists, because that's where we started, too. But it's like they're way back there in first grade, and I'm in college.

I don't think you should ever give up on trying to push the bar a little bit higher.

The motivation sometimes comes when you least expect it. I try to keep an open mind.

You can't hate somebody for the rest of their lives over one mistake.

I feel like if I'm not going to change the game or do something innovative, then I'm not motivated.

The parties happen when we book the studio. That's a safe place. Get alcohol, food, girls, homies, and have these small listening parties while I'm recording. And that energy always gets into the music.

To be able to impress, you have to get to this middle ground where you're not too advanced so it goes over people's heads, and you're not too minimalist where people think you're just trying to rob the game and not stretch out.