The first time I really listened to an album and thought, 'This album is mine,' was Kanye's 'Late Registration.'
If I walk into a store, I'm going to buy the best jacket or the best item in the store, hands down.
I want to wear something that's not perfectly matching; there has to be something unorthodox about it. I want to create this mystery.
What I sell is the higher knowledge of knowing what's next and not following the trend of what's now.
New York feels vibrant... It feels electric to walk the streets at night.
Creating the album 'VIBES' has been the biggest life lesson I have ever learned.
I started getting emails from Anna Wintour inviting me to her dinners. It was just surreal.
To wake up in the morning and just know what I'm going to wear, it helps me get out of the house faster.
The most time I spent home in 2009 was about a month.
Let's see: I'm into a whole bunch of different people - Alexander Wang... that's my dude.
I love fashion week. It has great energy and vibe.
I like vintage shopping, but I also like to mix in high-end.
Mixtapes are very personal, and they describe who you are better than an album sometimes.
Europe were kind of the first ones to embrace my music; the kids from around the way would come out to my shows and really enjoy it.
I keep a creative group around me.
The second album is the hardest to write. It's nothing like the first album.
I hate writing texts to girlfriends because you can't really see emotions in texts. You can get confused on what she says.
I like Jeremy Scott, and he has some really dope sneakers.
I wanted to only collab with women for 'Lovers Holiday.'
Shout-out to my dad - he influenced my style when I was 17.
I wore my same look for six years. My hat and glasses - people recognize me now.
I collect a lot of clothes when I travel around the world.
I like to keep a uniform - wear a blazer, try to keep the same colour pants; very tailored, very fitted but still edgy.
I can pull off anything; I have the height and the attitude. The only thing I can't wear is a leotard, but I can wear anything else.
As snap-backs became more popular, I started to search and expand my hat game.
I believe your atmosphere and your surroundings create a mind state for you.
There were times when I was just listening to albums for the hype of it. Some albums, I would just put it on in my car, and me and my friends would just drive, that we'd wild out to, get arrested to.
I collect different game hats, like Syracuse Women's Volleyball; I have a Navy Basketball hat. They're all vintage but in new condition.
I like to go to the airport looking stylish - you never know who you'll run into. Sometimes I have fans at the airports. I never want to be bummy looking.
'Billie Jean' was a negative dance song, and that was one of the best dance songs ever.
I moved my studio to Palm Springs 'cause I don't like the idea of going to a studio every day like a job... I need to make a personal record, so I need to be in a house... I don't want to be in a studio where people can hear the music 'cause I don't know what it is yet.
You gotta learn your body, how clothes fit on you.
The Royal Family doesn't go out shopping for their uniforms: they've got some guy sewing on all the ornaments in-house. You could say I've got my own in-house team as well.
It leaves a good legacy to have five records.
Dressing up, for me, is looking like an idiot.
I'm on the sockless and un-sockless teams. I'm on both sides.
I understand demographics.
I am more into guys' fashion, but I'm inspired by women's fashion in a weird way.
Hip-hop is like underground. I don't know if hip-hop exists anymore. I don't know if it does.
I love to hear a cool ambient sound at runway shows. It creates a good energy.
You should treat your body like a canvas.
I love an art-school girl. I mean... don't we all?
Go to American Apparel; they have all of the colors of socks.
I admire natural, untouched beauty.
I need to travel, of course, with my laptop, so I can do my business on the road.
When you're a kid, you're only exposed to what's going on in your mind. The mind is like a bigger-than-outer-space type of thing.
Image plays a huge part in my music and in my lifestyle.
I connect to SpongeBob in a way; like, that's the homie. He can chill on the corner with me.
I started performing music about the age of 16. I lived in Brooklyn, New York, and this thing called the Flatbush Fair comes once a year. That was my first time on stage.
To me, my style is comfortable.
I want to produce the best popular music I can.
When I want to choose to work with someone, you know, I definitely have to do some research on their background and how they were raised as people.
It's not only about the rap lyric. Today, people are buying you as a person.
I feel I have so much more to deliver than music.
I'm trying to fuse popular and commercial music and just make very creative music. It's popular music: it's everything for everybody.
I find it soothing, the thought of a movie theater.
I like to revamp things; like, I make to make things better in my eye, but I don't put out own lines... I just collab with my favorite brands.
While my cousins were gang-banging, I was trying to learn what the Internet was about.
I like connecting with people through technology.
Brands are in your face 24/7; I'm sure you've consumed a couple brands today. So it's fun working with them. People recognize brands, and people are starting to recognize my brand.