I'm from east LA. I don't see colour.

What Autotune allows is for people like myself and Kanye West not to depend on the singer. Back in the Fifties, the songwriter was rendered invisible. Now the songwriter is there in the forefront.

Here's the problem: Profiteers haunt America, and for everything we try to control, someone's going to profit from it, more than you control it.

I'm like a mama's boy and stuff.

America has to be not just an idea but a living, breathing thing.

If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it's not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others - it's the same with music.

Music is my therapy and my straitjacket. Music keeps me sane and keeps my mind on something. It's fragile up there.