In terms of being a 'sneakerhead,' there was one point where I was obsessively following every sneaker blog. That's the beauty of Twitter: To get the heads up on what's coming out.

Meaninglessness takes hold because meaninglessness is addictive.

I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.

I never want to get to that level of poverty where taking a bath has to be a hot-pot experience.

I think all of this—The Roots and DJing included—was meant to prepare me for The Tonight Show.

I think the music comes first, then comes the fashion, and thus, the lifestyle. I believe it starts with music, and then the person delivering it delivers the lifestyle, the fashion. Madonna is a great example of that.