When I'm not in the booth, I'm one of the most laid-back guys. But growing up, I liked DMX, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and T.I. - dudes that went all out on the track. My first songs were energetic because I liked their energy.

I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up.

Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.

Snoop Dogg is hilarious. T.I. is really funny. Who else? 50 Cent is hilarious. Jay-Z is funny. I've met him, but he's funny in interviews. He was funny when I saw him, too. Ludacris is funny. Everybody is. Rappers are funny, a lot of them.

Track and field was very big when I was growing up.

Growing up, I used to go to an inlet to lay out and try to meet all the surfer guys.