I relate to hustlers who want to get out of where they are and create something different for themselves.

I would want to create an amphitheater outside of California where I would play everyday, and then people would have to come to me. I would create all this crazy stage decor and film it. Or I would just stay inside my home and do films. I would be like the modern Maya Deren.

I want people to have a good time. Its boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts.

I was 19 when I recorded my first album, and I've been exposed to many things during these last few years; all the baby fat is gone.

You can't stay in the desert, you go nuts after 24 hours.

I can cry myself to sleep because I'm not as great as Leonard Cohen, but who cares? Maybe you can't be as great as some people, but it's a tragedy when you don't follow your dreams.

I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also trying to escape a scenario.