I didn't come in as a writer that found producers, I came in under producers. So I've always respected the actual production process and producers in general.

As a writer, you have a huge ego. You think that every line means something to everybody the same way it means to you. And that's not true.

When I start a song, it's the first thought. It's the first thought and the first cadence, because that's the most natural.

That competition grew through high school and you step outside more and it grew through college. Then you had regional style speak volumes through college. As you get older, and begin to travel and see more, that was the progression of style for me.

Personally I really like to see when a woman can put together a super fresh everyday look that is not over done or anything. It just makes me feel like she's really something and she knows she doesn't have to have on the super tight skirt.

Fashion right now, people are so...everything is driven by the aesthetic.

I try to make Play Cloths really representative of me and my designers they look at my evolution as an artist and in fashion and they [zero] in to different details. I come into the office some days and they're like, 'What are those?" [I say,] "[These] are Philip Lim...[I'll] have on Philip Lim sweats and they go and put their spin on it.