The shortest distance between two idiots is a conga line.
Living in Pakistan, you didn't have a sense of how huge and varied America was, geographically.
I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity.
We only hear success stories. You don't hear about the hundreds and hundreds - the overwhelming majority that don't go anywhere. This is a more realistic portrayal of what happens in startups.
The plan was always to come to America, because Pakistan's a scary place. They don't have religious freedom. It's very poor, and there's a lot of violence and corruption.
You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate yourself!' and do something. Its specific hours set aside every day for certain things.
I thought of America as this crazy, happy, exciting place where everybody's rich and there's stuff everywhere. Compared to Pakistan, it's not untrue.
You can't cheat the public for long.
I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.
Living New York, everyone has a million hustles, so I was doing party promoting, working the doors at parties, doing that whole nightlife thing.
It's funny when you put music up against picture, and all your preconceptions go away, and you start over. You just realize that that doesn't work at all.