We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I."

It was absolutely killing me that I've spent the first 25 years of my life tryin' to avoid bullets. That was always the main concern. Don't go out late. Don't go to any shady neighborhoods. Don't hang in bars alone. Why? Because you wanna avoid bullets. So once I get to 35 then I was like "Woo, okay. Made it." And now there's a new warning. Now it's like strokes; I gotta watch my health.

Meaninglessness takes hold because meaninglessness is addictive.

I'm a 24-hour tweet machine, I'm a 24-hour blogger. When there's no pressure on me, I can talk and write and lecture with the best of them. But put a deadline on me and I start getting writer's block.

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

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

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.