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

I was inspired by [Michelangelo] Antonioni's Red Desert - very big and moody.

I hung out with some crazy desert people. One guy was just walking around with only shorts on - he'd been walking with bare feet for the last two years. He was totally scarred and eating on all fours like a dog.

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.

I don't think Neil Young has a beautiful voice but it's something that grabs you and the songs are so good.

It's not a very sane thing to try to be great all the time.

I was 21 and homeless - such a broken, lost woman.