People around the NBA really think that I'm dumb or stupid. But people that know me know that I'm actually very intelligent.

I don't think people realize that I produce like 90 percent of all my music, except for the songs that I co-produce with people.

I'm actually good friends with Diplo, and we've talked about collab'ing.

My main goal is to help the team as much as possible anyway I can. If they need me to shoot the three, I'll shoot the three. If they need me to run the floor and block shots, I'll do that also.

I guess I'm a utility player where I can do it all.

I wish I could do more in Flint but they estimated the amount that it would cost to fix Flint and it would be a little over $1 billion and I'm definitely not a billionaire. It's extremely heartbreaking the way the city is being treated in my opinion.

I'm not really a vengeful person.

The fact that rich people get free stuff and poor people have to pay, it's backwards.

I grew up in Flint, Michigan so I'm used to broken promises so I don't look forward to anything. I look forward to the now. I don't even like planning trips more than a week ahead because you don't know how you're going to feel a week from now.

During the season, the main focus is always basketball.

I'm on Instagram, and all my fans on my Instagram are basketball fans - like 90 percent.

Sometimes I go in and try to write beats, but I just trash 'em, and then the next time I go in, I'll make like six beats - six legit, nice beats. I'm really particular with how it needs to sound.

I don't think people understand how good LeBron is.

I love L.A., L.A. was beautiful for me.

If you put negative things out about anyone every day, they're gonna start believing it, sorta like propaganda if you think about it.

When I got to the NBA, I got a Macbook, and the first thing I did was buy Logic.

I'm a producer and not a rapper. So I can make any style of music I want. I can make an EDM beat. I can put an EDM track out one day and I can put a grungy hip-hop track out the next day, like, it doesn't matter.

I'm JaVale McGee, the basketball player, funny guy, whatever, whatever. But I'm just really passionate about music and I don't want people to look at it like 'Oh he's just doing it to get famous.' I'm already pretty famous as is, so I'm not really trying to do it for the money.

I'll stay in the studio for 12 hours at a time, just producing music and making records. It doesn't feel like 'Oh man I've got a job to do.' It's more like 'Oh man I didn't even realize I've been there this long.'

I literally have never lived anywhere longer than two years in my life. I never just stuck anywhere.

I owe my success to Allah and my parents who have sacrificed so much to get me where I am.

From my early training days, I am an avid listener of heavy music which is laced with proper diction and effective use of grammar of music.

I am huge fan of Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohammad Rafi, Ghulam Ali and Mehdi Hassan. Listening to these people inspired me to become a singer.

Coming from a middle class background, I faced a lot of hardships during my initial years in Mumbai. I did not have much money and had to sing jingles and bhajans to survive. But those years taught me that a singer should be versatile.

Tum Tak' is a beautiful thought and is a rhythmic expression. It's been composed beautifully. It may sound easy but is difficult to attempt or sing it live.

Until I started performing in public, when at the end of the concert people would come to me with teary eyes and say that my performance took them to a trance zone, I had no idea that I can create an impact with my singing.

I'm not complaining if my work is getting more recognition than me.

I grew up listening to Hindi and Marathi songs of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosale.

I like works by Bryan Adams and Mariah Carey, among others.

I do not support that everyone has to be a trained classical singer to be able to sing in films but some sort of knowledge in classical space can take you to places.

I may not be a party-hopper, but I'm a diehard romantic.

I know nothing other than singing and I feel blessed.

I believe that your creativity increases when you evolve with changing technology.

I like to experiment when it comes to music.

Healthy competition is good to boost ourselves and helps you to take the flight forward.

If my singing leaves a long-lasting effect in the mind of the listeners, it is the blessing of the Almighty.

There was a time in the 1980s when music was almost over. If you think about it, it will be tough for you to remember any song which came during that time. But now music has come back. There are amazing musicians like Vishal-Shekhar, Amit Trivedi, Sneha Khanwalkar who are doing a good job.

I love going to Jama Masjid and Daryaganj whenever I am in Delhi.

It's easier to record because technology is advanced. That's why there is a spurt in the number of new singers.

I enjoy singing in different languages, be it Telugu or Bengali. I would like to sing in Malayalam too.

I am not a known face and a lot of people wouldn't recognise me if I walked into a room. But that's okay with me. I want people to recognize me through my work.

Ghulam Ali Khan saab is my greatest inspiration.

I am a very shy person.

I have sung all kinds of songs - be it ghazals, qawwalis, romantic numbers or peppy numbers.

Sufi music talks about connecting people. It talks about connecting hearts and connecting man with God. Everything that talks about connection is Sufi.

As I grew older, I realised that I could be versatile. I decided to try out a variety of singing styles by becoming a playback singer.

When I was recording 'Kun-Faaya-Kun,' I did it like I was offering Namaaz.

Your knowledge remains limited if you just listen to your songs but you grow as a singer when you listen to other singers' work - their style, accent and modulation. You end up absorbing new things.

My father belongs to Muzaffarnagar. Though I was born and brought up in Delhi, we, as a family, are known as U.P. wallahas.

As an artist, I do not want to limit my skills to one medium alone.