When I'm a part of someone else's creative process, it's all about facilitating their ideas and hopefully bringing their perspective and making it a part of a song.

Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.

I have learned that you're only relevant to someone if you're beneficial to them somehow/some way

I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords.

I think in a world where everyone wants to categorize and compartmentalize and rationalize, it's OK to be different.

I think what I'm trying to build is a reputation for evolving and for change. Because of the rate of information that we have access to at this point, it's almost hard not to be ever-growing.

Underground hip-hop is, like, one of my foundations, I would say a cornerstone of my foundation of my musical tastes.