When you first start off, you see what other people have and quietly say, "I want that."

Half the time, my job is basically to talk people off the ledge. It's more psychological than just me picking up some sticks and counting, "1, 2, 3, 4."

It's funny, I can see the science in how music is made with other artists, but it's hard for me to dissect my own thing.

All we sell is the Greatest feeling on Earth

Crack offered a lot of money to the inner-city youth who didn't go to college. Which enabled them to become businessmen. I know about maybe five people in the entertainment industry who did their peak work as a result of crack usage.

When you live your life through records, the records are a record of your life.

There's no such thing as success on an isolated level.