I don't have friends, and it's hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with.

I want to be as healthy as I can be so I can make it past 50; make it past 60 and make it past 70.

For anyone that's ever had a musical breakthrough in their career, it's always followed by the departure period right after.

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.

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.

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