Anytime you try to be a loving person, you're doing your part to save the world.
The only reason I started using samples was because people talked about me not sounding like Kanye or The Heatmakers.
I would describe myself as a hard worker, very humble and focused on whatever it is that I put my mind to.
My music should evoke a feeling; whether it's a feeling in your stomach, goosebumps, whatever. When you don't get a feeling then there's a problem.
I'm really just concentrating on making good music, whether it's using a sample or doing an original track.
When I first starting making beats, I didn't know samples were being used in any beats. I had no idea where producers were getting the real string sounds or the voices on their tracks. I knew nothing about loops or sampling off of records. So, by me knowing nothing about this it made me concentrate on my chords on the keyboard.
I just look up to anyone who made music back then because you really had to be a musician. There were no samples or drum machines. Those people back in the day paved the way for people like me.
Prepare your hearts for Death's cold hand! prepare Your souls for flight, your bodies for the earth; Prepare your arms for glorious victory; Prepare your eyes to meet a holy God! Prepare, prepare!
If a hippo ever wants to fight, just walk away.
For the fee of $10,000, anyone could be escorted to a room, handed a loaded gun and offered another human to kill. The concept made me nauseous. But it also felt real, and rang bells with my more cynical side.
I think Naomi Klein was very astute with her book 'Shock Doctrine. ' We make money on disaster.