I've done loads of collaborations and I'm never totally happy with the outcome because it feels like you're compromising something of yourself in it.

I'm really into mainstream rap and R&B, but I never saw myself as intertwined in that world.

If you come up with the original idea on your laptop, anything else is an embellishment of that idea. It's nice to have the option to mix inside a big studio, but at the end of the day, it comes from an original spark, which often happens while sitting on the couch.