I find the new Justin Bieber video more violent and more of an assault to my eyes and senses than what I've made.

What really drives me mad about art is that, in America, the only thing you can do is to take it apart.

I find the new Justin Bieber video more violent and more of an assault to my eyes and senses than what I've made.

Everything I think seems to be controversial, so I feel like I need to just go away for a second and put it all down on paper until the storm passes.

I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her.

That's what New York is like - you can't have real art happen in an institution because rich people can make the world stop. The stuff on the street is a lot more interesting.

Music that was made in the 60s and 70s did come from a really soulful place. The seed for the songs written in the 90s were planted in those songs, even though they were samples.