I'm sure most people have this experience: when you're young you drink, you do drugs, you stay up late, and there are no consequences.

The aggressive, energised, political, or even politicised, culturally aware music hasn't really existed [recently].

I've had my Charlie Sheen moments, it was usually just at the Mars Bar on the corner of First Avenue with me and a few homeless guys.

Music is just air moving around.

I walk out my front door in New York and I'm out on the street and there are people everywhere. L.A. is so much more spread out, so it's really easy in L.A. to have a little more isolation and to just not see as many people.

Sacha Baron Cohen is one of my heroes.

I'm a terrible cook, so I usually eat out with friends.