The new Black doesn't blame other races for our issues.

As individuals, I just think that our biggest responsibility is to be self-aware, and some of us are not.

As a kid, I always had a super vivid imagination, like "Man, I like those shoes, but they should've made them in purple" or like, "Man, I wonder how people make songs."

A lot of my creative projects are inspired and driven by technology and style. My mission is to recycle as much plastic possible in my lifetime and beyond in the form of high quality products.

When you start trying to figure out what you're the best at, that's when you become delusional because you start to believe that. [you're the best] I'd rather continue to ride that mule than to ride the cocky horse. You see people spin out of control like that all the time. Those are the most tragic stories – the most gifted people who start to believe that it's really ALL THEM. It's not all you. It can't be all you. Just like you need air to fly a kite. It's not the KITE – it's the AIR.

That's what music should be like all the time. No stress, moving things forward, inspiring the youth, and doing it with style and vigor.

I've never seen myself as an artist. So when that happened it was like a whole other crazy thing.