I realized that people don't quite understand what I do when I was the new kid on the block and a lot of Hollywood was offering me fairly cheesy projects.

I'm trying to satirize what it's like to be a recording artist in 2011. I realize that standing on a soap box and ranting and raving about my opinions on the digital age and its effect on music is only going to get you so far.

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

I always managed to fly a bit below the radar, but high enough to avoid colliding into anything.

I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than 50 people who have no idea who I am or what I'm for.

I realized that people don't quite understand what I do when I was the new kid on the block and a lot of Hollywood was offering me fairly cheesy projects.

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.