A lot of people aren't aware of the years and years of humiliation and horrible shows I've played.

As the times are changing, you don't hear as many sample issues with rap artists. Part of that has to do with production styles these days, but the nature of copyright is also changing as the internet becomes more of a giant.

I want to make new and interesting music out of pop music in a way that isn't ironic. I want to stay sincere to the source material but at the same time manipulate it and take it to a new world.

That's something I've always been down with: creative commons and people being able to license their music and allow other people to reuse it and recycle it.

I wanted to make experimental music out of pop.

When there's something negative in my life, be it in the art or the music world or in my personal life, I really just want to face it as immediately as possible. I don't run from it. I just want to immerse myself in it, get through it as quickly as possible, understand it, and look into what is positive about it.

Sharing information, art, music, and everything on the internet now has become a part of everyone's lives.