I Would Love To Document The Roots;

In Any Relationship That Comes To An End, There's Never Just A Baseline Reason Why. You Say, 'oh, I Broke Up With My Girlfriend.' Someone Says, 'why?' You Say, 'well, You Got Three Hours? And Then Maybe After I Tell You My Version, You've Got To Talk To Her.

I Heard Q-tip On The Jungle Brothers' Song 'the Promo.' It Was Very Exciting. It Was Very New. The Music And The Culture Around Hip-hop Was Evolving. I Think There's An Emotional Quality To Their Music And There's A Vulnerability To The Music. For Me, A Tribe Called Quest Was My Beatles.

I Had A Boom Box, But I Didn't Go Too Far With It Because I Had A Really, Really Big One. It Was Like The Size Of A Suitcase, And I Was Just A Little Kid.

Each Environment Is Different, Each Job Is Different, And Each Realm Of Creativity That They Give You Is Different. You Try To Do The Best You Can And Put As Much Time Into It As You Can, But Different Jobs Have Different Circumstances Come About.

I Grew Up In New York City In The '80s, And It Was The Epicenter Of Hip-hop. There Was No Internet. Cable Television Wasn't As Broad. I Would Listen To The Radio, Hear Cars Pass By Playing A Song, Or Tape Songs Off Of The Radio. At That Time, There Was Such An Excitement Around Hip-hop Music.