I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know?

I got Ice Cube his start. I also launched Eazy-E.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mix down.