It was all the things I wanted my music to be, but yet it wasn't grand and it wasn't obtuse - it wasn't overshooting, it wasn't undershooting, it was precise. The lyrics and the way that I was able to extract and excavate emotion within me.

You never have to change your scene because you're always comfortable with evolving.

But in any situation with long love, I don’t think it ever goes away fully. You just sort of learn where to keep it.

I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual.

I am generalizing, of course, but in hip-hop, it's like you get this shine for using the word "pussy" a billion times, and I think that that's weirdly healthier than not doing it at all - even though I really hope it ends soon because, you know, how many decades can we do that?

It makes sense that that's part of the story and everything, but that's part of any story of any record - where was it record and how long and what were the people doing. I think people want to know where these events are made. That's why I like the word "record."

Our lives feel like these epochs, but really we are dust in the wind.