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I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.

I feel like the rap metal at the end of the 1990s destroyed rock music for everybody and suddenly everybody felt like they had to apologise for being in rock bands. People suddenly felt bad about wanting to reach massive audiences and the sense of theatre, that we have in our live show, became something to avoid.

Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a little bit.

You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.

What hit me in the gut about hip-hop was that someone else grew up tough enough to be angry at the entire system.

I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's game,' and they keep trying to make young songs. But you don't know the slang - it changes every day, and you're just visiting. So you're trying to be something you're not, and the audience doesn't buy into that.

I watched '12 Angry Men' when I was a kid. It blew me away definitely.

Rap music is really good when you're traumatized.