I think that there is something beautiful about mortality. It makes our decisions mean more.

I feel like a little kid who just walked into a candy store. I think that's something to smile about.

I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist.

I think that what most artists are trying to do is trying to understand. I think what distinguishes creative people and/or artists from another type of person is perhaps a willingness to go headlong into that uncertainty.

I think L.A. is beautiful.

I don't think it's the same thing. Hip-hop has redefined the word. It can mean a number of things. It can be a term of admiration. It can be a term of recognition.