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I want to be embraced by the audience, but it's fun to stir up the pot.

I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way.

All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm.

This was totally influenced by me and the direction that I am writing about and the stuff that I am writing about. There is just no way that you can be as intense as what I have been through in my life over a drum beat machine, sample, or loop; it's just not going to happen.

I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy. I can't get into minute details.

I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

I realized that, for me, great records always moved me with the lyrics and the melodies. And so I said, 'I think I can do it now,' 'cause I found a team of people who understand I didn't want a record that was 'drop it, pop it, shake it' just 'cause I can dance.

You know, when I put out records that may not work or connect with the audience, it's because I'm pushing myself as an artist creatively, because I'm just bored doing what everyone wants me to do.