Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it.

I listen to music constantly, and I'm always hearing things I love that I'm excited to use.

It's hard enough to get things to work in a musical way.

Me and my friends would drive for eight hours to play for twenty people. That was cool, and if a couple of people bought t-shirts, that would be the greatest thing. We could go eat some hamburgers that night.

When I would play pop music at underground shows, it was offensive to some people. I wasn't doing it to piss people off: I just didn't believe in those strong divisions that you're supposed to listen to this or that.

The point has always been to make music, it's not like I've always been running a giant money making scheme.

I wanted to make experimental music out of pop.