I try to convey this feeling of being innocent in a mystical state, being in a place that's new, seeing things with brand new eyes, for better or wor….

I believe there's more than this - that maybe when we die our brains conjure up some kind of shutdown experience, and that's what people try to sum u….

I wish more artists would do that sort of thing - just focus on one sound on a record instead of "Here's my club banger, here's my metro booming trac….

The city is always influential in the work, though I've had that temptation to leave, but only recently. It's difficult because whenever I start work….

I feel some responsibility to shine light on things that I love..

Artists are all giving so much of ourselves to the work and the people and the press and the media and Twitter and all that now. For me, being able t….

I can't work without a Good L.A. weed. That's the thing you miss the most..

I'm not the kind of person who's always out at the club if I don't have to be. I like chilling. I think that comes across in my music..

I just like to be dangerous with what I try to do..

Communicating with musicians is really interesting because everyone has their quirks and their strengths and their weaknesses..

I used to be really into traditional meditation, but I found that creating new music is the best meditation. When I'm able to get into that space, no….

I don't want to do one of those records where it's like a compilation of a bunch of all sorts of rappers on my beats. I don't find those to be focuse….

I just understand that Im supposed to be one of those people that disrupts the flavor a little bit..

More than ever, I had to analyze my mental state over the past couple of years because of all the things that happened since the last album came out.….

I'm not going to be like, "I gotta get this idea out of my head." It's like, "OK, here's a clean slate, and I've got all these paints, and all these ….

Here's the thing: if I want to do something, I just have to do it - for real! I'm not gonna pussy out in the moment. I don't want no holding back!.

I definitely learned to communicate with other musicians better. I used to feel so intimidated by guys who can read notes, like, "Oh my god, they're ….