I need to get as deep as I can into my own heart to really make people connect and react to the music as passionate as possible.

I'm a drama kid at heart. That is definitely where my heart and soul is. I did 'Hairspray' in high school - I was Seaweed.

I wanna make music that helps people.

I always wanted to do magic tricks - I feel like that could be the the next wave.

I always been writing songs since I was, like, six. I was listening to Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Frankie Laine and people like that. I was just in the backyard writing songs.

Around when I turned 17 and I bought my own studio equipment and started recording myself, I kinda found my own voice. I just started rapping like my normal self and this happy guy.

I never had a plan B; I would walk around with my head up in the clouds like, 'I'm going to be a famous singer/rapper person one day.'

I'm afraid of the dark.

Imagine if James Brown was your roommate. What? Do you know how much fun you'd be having all the time? Oh my God, he would have you looking the freshest. He would have you doing the funnest stuff for sure, easily. You'd be having the most crackin' parties.

I heard 'Why,' and I think that's when I first started learning about Jadakiss.

I feel like the biggest key to longevity is maintaining what's special about yourself but always presenting it in a new way. That way, people can never get tired of you.

I feel like one of my strengths is writing about stories that are unique to me but somehow relate with everyone, and the one thing I've found is that if you make a song wholly unique to you, then you don't have to compete with everybody, because nobody else can make a song like you.

My family loves Mark McGwire.

Mike Tyson and Kool G Rap had lisps - lisps always been cool!

All I can do with my music is try and be a light for people who are in a dark time.

I've always wanted to make people feel better or feel alright or feel comfortable or not threatened and feel OK in their own skin.

Growing up in California has completely made me the person that I am.

I really love 'Mr. Rager.' I know the first album is incredible, but my favorite Kid Cudi album is the second one.

I've been a nerd my whole life.

My momma will roast my friends all of the time. If you're one of my friends, and you meet my mom for the first time, she will definitely roast you in a polite way. It's just to test your bars.

I'd love to be more involved in sports. There's so much positive energy - I have to be around it. Especially as I get older.

When you start making music, you start making music at a young age, and for me, I just thought, like, 'Ahh, once you make it, all your problems will be solved, and everything will be fine.'

I had the type of family who would tell all their kids, 'You're going to be president.'

I just like blending all the genres together but blending them up in a good way. I try to be as free as I can with it.