You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

The moment is now and we cant get it back from the grave.

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.

I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.