I didn't join a band. I didn't start a band. I got asked to do it. It kinda happened by accident.

Jay Z in many ways is a rock artist. In the sense that they've used hard rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock aesthetics and influences in their music. When you see Kanye West, he has a full band playing. Jay Z has a full band playing with Marshalls.

I've tended to lean more toward the Dalai Lama and people like Russell Means who have been my political and spiritual North Stars, but I certainly regard Nelson Mandela with great respect and humility.

The idea of being icons, I think it's great when you're 24. It's fantastic.

There have been times in my life where I was asked to do things and I didn't feel comfortable with it.

Don't let anyone dictate what you should and shouldn't wear. Do what you want. Who cares?

I have no desire to be a lead actor or anything. I was offered things and occasionally something comes along, but for the most part I'm pretty much, "You've got to be joking, right?"