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I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences thrill with the excitement of a genre, but I also try to betray and destroy the expectations placed on that genre.

I don't want to be held down by genres so much.

If you make something good and interesting and not ridiculing someone or being offensive, the creators of the original material will like it.

Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's something to explain to a more mainstream audience, so you get these passionate writers who want to express their love for rap and hip-hop, which is cool.

I think, in music, you're always hoping that you'll have a like-minded audience and that the music you like making will appeal to them, too.

I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.

It doesn't matter to me what the genre is.

Genre expectations can kill creativity. If you do something different, it will get hated. The best filmmakers can do everything on the approval list and knock it out of the park. For me, I have a hard time being creative when I have to color in between the lines.

My music was never considered cool, but I've always felt that connection with the audience.

I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences.