The work is the understanding of the people that you're speaking for. The further you get away from that, the further you are from the work.

I live in a pretty liberal place, so it's a lot of hidden racism and things like that. If you really look up California, it's a really shitty place when it comes to things like that.

I think there's too much of the wrong type of influences that stem from hip-hop.

I feel like that's the reason a lot of pop music doesn't have that grasp that other forms of music do, because it's more rooted in only the happier aspects of life - there's not really a connection.

People have an overbearing need to project their inward doubt and hatred and emotions onto the outside world.

School doesn't teach you much. School teaches you how to follow directions, that's what school is for.

All my friends and family are either in prison or don't make enough money. I don't know what the president really does. I haven't been able to experience that kind of shift yet.