It hurts when people put you down.

I look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation.

An artist don't make you bigger than life - being that person that can break artists can make you bigger than life.

I never had any plans to become a producer when I was a kid. I wanted to be a DJ, like most other kids at the time. Then my mum bought me a Casio keyboard and I started to sample sounds that I liked.

I'm trying to do something real different; I'm trying to bring the street to real pop. I'm trying to bring the street to pop. Not watering it down, no nothing.

I'm making music the way I would have done before modern equipment and music recording.

I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.