There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me.

Through [my children] patience, they're showing me how much they support what's going on, because I'm having to do a lot of work right now.

It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.

I'm a performance artist first; I'm a recording artist second.

It's weird, but if I decide to do an album, then the ideas start fitting themselves together. I consider myself a nice, slow burn. Plus, it's not a race. And I have a lot to share.

The metal or the stone that's helping me .I'll incorporate them into anything I wear - but I think it's about accessories more than anything, because it's how you accessorize yourself that gives you your own unique style.