Kept looking for something to be in with. Follow someone's blueprint. But you have to be on your own.

It seems the more I try to connect with the world, I am feeling more alone than I ever have felt before

If you like strange, specific stuff - that's a nerd. Kanye West is a black nerd. He likes strange, specific stuff. If you go up to Kanye West and say, 'Hey, what are your favorite things?' He'll be like, 'Robots and teddy bears.' That's a nerd.

I hope in general that my music allows somebody to follow what they really like doing.

Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?

People are sometimes like: "Oh man, you're so talented and you do a bunch of stuff." I'm not! I swear to god, I'm not. I just like learning stuff, I like doing stuff. And I feel like everybody can definitely do it.

You know who was on time tonight, which surprised me? Ghostface. Ghostface was early and making calls - what rapper does that?