I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

Eve kissed Able, that's how he got murdered by Cain.

To wish for the crazy times one last time and freeze it in the memory of a camera is the least a great artist can do.

I tried to give up drugs by drinking.

I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs.

I'll tell ya, I'm a genuinely nice guy. I really am. A real nice guy. But I think I'm temperamental.