Quotes

We're all just cats trying to be original, which is what I think being a B-boy is about.

I love rap lyrics, I love hearing people rap, I love molding a thought or idea into the shape that fits on a rap beat.

I think I'm always surprised at how much the musicians I meet put weight on things that aren't music.

I guess, for me, the idea of finding an identity through creative means has always been a way to deal with otherwise feeling awkward and uncomfortable out in the world.

People will put me in whatever box they feel the most comfortable having me in, and nothing I can do will change that.

I feel like a lot of times, when making a one-song collab with someone, it's easy for one person to not be fully invested. I guess you'd call that 'mailing it in.' But when you say 'This is our album,' then all parties have a reason to make it as good as possible, and the goal becomes seeing what we can do together as a unit.

I like to make stuff and I try to stay busy.

My brothers each reacted differently to 'Blood Sandwich.' It's a very specific type of odd feeling when there's a song written about you. People react to it differently.

You have to write about what's inside you. If I have to get something out, I'll do it.

Rap music started because they were bored of other music so they created something really new.

I don't want to be the next face of America.

Mark my words, even if I sell out a club of 15,000 with all girls, I'm not taking my shirt off. I'm sorry. I know y'all are waiting to see the pasty stomach and everything.

I got tired of everybody repeating the same phrases in the hip-hop world.

The only way I'm comfortable with a new album is if I'm taking a new risk.

I am a failed visual artist.

Musicians are all about celebrity first and foremost, and I just can't do it. The second any sort of popularity contest comes into the picture, I have to walk in the other direction. These people are sociopaths.

Artwork, films, TV - it's always informed my work, no matter what I'm working on.

Doing something like 'Bushwick,' a lot of people need to agree that the piece is working with what's going on on the screen. So it's a lot of tweaks and re-works, just kinda moving pieces around and getting things to hit right.

I've traveled a lot, I've rapped a lot. I like to think that's all in the toolbox to be tapped into when I need it.

I'd love it if one of my songs became a hit.

Most artists - painters or writers - I think create out of stress or negative situations. Look at rock music. It's about getting things off of your chest, and it's a means of venting in many ways. That's what my work is about.

I believe giving pets 'people food,' while tempting, is generally frowned upon. As a pet owner you want to prioritize your animal's health over the entertainment value in watching your little guy bat around a small piece of chicken.

Finding something new that I know I've never done before is the best feeling I know, and when I get there it's all worth it.

If a song or group hits you at the right time in your life, it's everything. It's bigger than school or family or anything else.

I want to stay learning and hopefully allow my craft to evolve.