I make music as good as possible, but I do reference cultural icons, because I want my music to be a time capsule of 2007.

I guess every superhero need his theme music.

I need the information and then I can go. So, as long as I have the information and a little bit of sleep, I can do the rest.

My parents taught me that AIDS was a man-made disease designed to get rid of the undesirable people.

I'm still just a kid learning about minimalism, and he's a master of it. It's just really such a blessing, to be able to work with him. I want to say that after working with Rick, it humbled me to realize why I hadn't - even though I produced "Watch the Throne"; even though I produced "Dark Fantasy" - why I hadn't won Album of the Year yet.

I love the fact that I'm bad at [things].

I worked a telemarketing job. I always worked those because I always knew how to talk to people and I always knew how to sell because my father was a salesman. He used to sell vacuum cleaners, payroll services to companies, so that was natural for me to go into sales.