Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.

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

Bullying is a national epidemic.

I was always the type of person, and still am the type of person, that I cannot be creative and use substances. So from a very early age I knew that if I wanted to make music, successfully, in any capacity, I was going to have to get sober.

I like to be as diverse as possible. I think the humorous side and the serious side are both elements of my personality. It's what makes me who I am and if I was to neglect either one of those sides and just focus on one of them, it wouldn't be the full spectrum of my personality.

I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.

Drug culture is extremely prevalent and probably most people know somebody whose life has been affected by drugs, if it's not their own or in their own family, they have friends. It's a never-ending process.