I'm kind of shy when it comes to women, so I don't really approach them. I'll just admire them from afar, and if they happen to say something to me, then maybe I'll find the courage to say something.
I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett.
I lived in a pretty big house, and we had a guesthouse, so when I was 14, I built a studio in my bedroom, which was pretty big. It was two rooms connected, so I turned the second into a studio and ran the mic in my closet.
I, for one, am, like, the most ordinary person. Like, people look past me all the time because I'm just so blending in.
As a child, I wanted to be a singer, but that was only because I thought I could sing. I'd sing along to Brandy and Usher and *NSYNC.
I remember my first albums: Brandy's first album and Usher's 'My Way.'
I think my first client other than my brother was this kid named Tallent. I was charging him eight dollars an hour to record in my room. He kept coming back, then I went up to ten dollars an hour.
I've written songs about women since I've been involved with women, but I do know a few gay female artists who, back in the day, would write songs about men.
The gay community hated me for being part of Odd Future. They thought Odd Future was homophobic because they tend to use homophobic slang, and they were like: 'How can you work for and support homophobes?' But they aren't homophobic; they just don't really care whether you're offended or not.
When I started making music, I just wanted to be the producer who sang the hooks. I wanted to be Pharrell, honestly, the one who made the beats and was in the music video with the girls.
Guitar Center hooks me up on a lot of stuff.
Justin Timberlake has a great live show.
I'm sure that, on some level of the major-label and old-establishment industry, there are execs and agents who think homosexuality is a liability.
Older people generally appreciate live music.
I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans.
I used to have long hair and get it done every two weeks, and it was never worth it to me. I would just walk out of the salon and put it in a ponytail anyway.
At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself.
If you ranked Odd Future, I was at the very bottom.
I'm just a really shy person. I don't gravitate towards attention, so for someone like me to have as much attention as I have is bizarre.
