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.

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

I look down and see little kids in the audience and I'm like, "Oh man, I hope I'm not poisoning these kids!"

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.

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

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.