I couldn't make a real drum'n'bass or dubstep record to save my life. But I can be influenced by them in small ways.

To be honest, I didn't really get into making music to be an album artist.

I saw. I wanted to start my own store so people would know that what they were buying was real. There were bootlegs around at the time that had my name on the cover, but the music had nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to compare myself to [Jimmie] Hendrix, but back in the '70s, there were some Hendrix bootlegs.

Things go wrong when the people who control that world stop listening to their own instincts and start catering to their fan base.

I've always been compared to people. It's a revolving cast that comes and goes - obviously, sometimes people stay.

One of my favorite things that Yahoo does on a regular basis is this story: "Wealthiest Rap Artists." That's an example of the internet just perpetuating this myth that we're all just sitting around in these mansions like Steven Tyler, bopping around in our swimming pool. It's bullshit.

I still consider myself a consumer of music more than anything else.