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.

My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.

It's easy for me to say, "Oh yeah, that's the self-saboteur move that most artists pull whenever they're afraid."

I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.

In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.

All we sell is the Greatest feeling on Earth