I was raised by women. The men in my life were either not there or not good when they were there.
I really don't believe in going too far out of your way to hunt down somebody to do a song.
I tried to get Steven Seagal for my 'Stepfather Factory' video in 2002.
I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form.
I just don't believe in making music about making music anymore.
When I'm not feeling something, I have a very hard time doing it.
I'm not that prolific in terms of making my own music.
If New York has just become a mall for the world, then what's the difference between being here and somewhere else?
Run The Jewels, me and Mike, and our connection and everything, came out of a period of time where I had personally lost everything.
Personally more so than shock, I think, rap music has to be born of rebellion.
For me, the idea of releasing a free record is powerful if everybody gets it for free at the same time.
I'm a believer in air bags.
I'm not mad at digital media at all; I just see the importance and beauty of physical media.
I'm a cat guy. I'm absolutely a cat guy. I grew up with cats.
I literally have a massive database of cat sounds.
I was obsessed with Philip K. Dick.
I remember one day sitting in the mirror with a saxophone, just looking at myself, being like, 'I can't do this; this is ridiculous.'
I had a year, where... I was secretly, 100 percent, dead broke.
You don't know what it feels like to have someone go to bat for you until you really need it, and they do.
I probably started trying to make beats at around 12.
If I can't work, I don't know what to do with myself.
I definitely grew up on Garfield. I just loved his pessimism.
The name of a cat has to come from something that just occurs to you by interacting with the cat.
Music can feel empowering, or it can give a natural emotional voice to something people can't express. This is why it's beautiful.
