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 look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation.

I been through some junk. It ain't all been peaches and cream.

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 wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement.

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 definitely a risk-taker with my music.