I didn't know my dad for a long time. My dad was on drugs and my dad was at the VA Hospital, my dad was off in his own world selling drugs or using them or there would be crack heads in the house or whatever it would be.

People are still emulating the old fashioned criminal.

I've spent more on my Dodger tickets that I did on my car.

All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.

They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me.

Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of crime.

I think I'm prone to not being a good guy in relationships.