I'm inspired by Earl Sweatshirt. He's a really honest writer, and he's unusually intelligent.

In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, ‘I got to wake up’ say ‘I get to wake up!’

I mean thats a big part of our existence here on earth, the personal relationship we have with the person that we love, with the person that we make love to, with the person that we share our lives with. We expect a lot of things back from our loved one, and the lesson is to accept and not expect.

Music and the music business are two different things.

Now keep in mind that I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my sh*t

I got a call from a mutual friend of ours, Charles King, who's also the executive producer. [Steven Caple Jr and I] had a conversation about it. I read it. We kind of finished each other's sentences when it came to the nuances and personality flaws that the character had, and some stereotypes and things we were trying to stay away from. We agreed on that as well. He just kind of allowed me to run rampant with the ideas. As we paced ourselves through, we developed Turquoise.

I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.