I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

I've been producing records, and as early as my late teens, early 20s, I put out a hip-hop record and then the Ringside stuff. You know, I just feel like I want to spend these years realizing all of my ambitions. I feel like we live in an age in which you can chase your dreams with focus and a vision.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

I like to challenge myself and give myself a timeline. It pushes me to be more creative and actually do these things, not just dream about them.

I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.

But I've consistently worked for 10 years.

I had a very modest upbringing.

I have a habit of recording records very quickly - and not in a haphazardly way, not in a way where I'm not focused on details, because I'm a freak when it comes to that.

Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.

My tendency is to be the guy in the back, even though I often end up being the guy in the front.

It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.

Life started getting good when I started making money.

Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.