The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
'The more expensive the better' is kind of the American way, and if you spent $600 for a sweatshirt, then that makes it better.
You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.
The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for it. You weren't able to enjoy it.' I want to be here, be now and be grateful.
I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.
Bullying is a national epidemic.
I'm a very conceptual writer.
Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.
I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song.
I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.
I put myself in the place of the listener when editing my writing. The last thing that I want to do is be preached at and told who to be or what to think when listening to an artist. However, I do want to be inspired. There's a fine line.
I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.
I think people are enticed by indie rap and every time you have a group going against the grain, they're gonna be like, 'Wow, you did it yourself in 2012, that's impressive - how did you do it? What're you doing that's different? And how can I be a part of it?'
I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.
Do you want to live life, or do you want to escape life?
I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them - there's tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine.
Thrift shopping is really just an extension of me being that same kid and going into a place that's completely unconventional that has really endless possibilities in terms of outfits that you can put together and really just expressing yourself.
Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.
Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.
