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

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

I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere.

My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.

Before now, I've always taken my mixes out to the car and listened to them in the parking lot. I still do that, but more so now I'm listening to it on the Beat box, and I think people should give it at least a listen and check it out and see what it is.

When I'm lovin' these hoes, there ain't no love involved.

Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to everything I've been doing from the day I started.