Musician

I would say the best toy for any cat is always some sort of dangling item on a string or fishing-rod-type structure.

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 was a Kimya fan for a long time, a Moldy Peaches fan, so I got to work on her 'Thunder Thighs' record a little bit and we became friends and just started writing songs.

New York can be a tad stressful.

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

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

It's really rare in life that a situation is as black and white as we tend to paint it.

Every record I do does a little better than the last, which in turn makes me more stressed out.

I know so many people that were really able to lead 'perfect' lives. They meet the right person, they make the babies, they get the jobs, they get the house and it's essentially a smooth ride. That really didn't happen for me.

I avoided the computer generation for a very long time.

I'm not interested in hearing yet another rapper tell me why he's the best. Why not tell a story set in a specific time and place? Create some characters, add a little bit of action and you're good to go.

After much inner debate, I can safely proclaim that Mungo Jerry's 'In the Summertime' may, in fact, be the best song ever recorded.

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 think if the desire to improve what I do starts to plateau then what's the point.

My collaborative albums are always way more enjoyable to make.

I don't like being away from home for a long period of time.

The people I feel inspired around draw pictures, they make paintings.

I don't really regret much of my music life.

I always keep my phone on vibrate. Ringtones give me anxiety.

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.