I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I've been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life.

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.

I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album.

I'm bad for your health, like puttin' a pistol up to your face and blastin' yourself.

It's entertaining to watch somebody break my music down or explain what he thinks I was thinking during the process of making these records. Because... he has no idea.

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

It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.