I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.

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.

My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

Every time a new record started, people exhaled with pleasure, or their bodies moved automatically. I really started getting high off of the euphoric exclamations. Every record I put on was like a baptism.

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.

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

At the end of the day, I don't release any records that I'm not proud to put my name on. I never got to that point.