When I begin working on a production, I don't really think about my previous album or albums. I try to have a real creative process.
I think an album is all about the songs you've worked on and the journey it's taken to get there.
I love Usher's 'Confessions.'
I think fans get bored of the pre-roll. I also think they don't care about the pre-roll, they just want the album.
I've been gone for a long time. I really want to give the fans something that they deserve to have. So, I'm working really hard on this. I really want to make it the best work I've done so far.
It's the best marriage of songs and production. But I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova.
I've got a great collection of photography.
At 8, I got my first cassette, which was Def Leppard's 'Hysteria.'
I love being a member of KISS.
The title 'My Everything' refers to my fans. This album is my gift to my fans.
A lot of improvisation and freedom went into 'Pinata.'
I think that's what most of us rappers do too often. We put too much information in some of our albums that could actually be on the next ones.
You can't listen to 'Frampton Comes Alive!' without smiling.
Me and Twenty One Pilots would be wonderful.
Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did.
I was on the outside of the industry. So I started a podcast early in the podcast boom and that caught on a little. I made an album that went to No. 1 on the iTunes charts. I made my own special. I started my own storytelling show.
I love Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my top five records.
A lot of my fans and supporters have been asking for an album.
'Gone' is a really special record with a lot of energy and power and swag.
I was terrified about putting out 'Weekend.'
The effect that 'Illmatic' had on us at that moment was serious.
I don't think I'll ever do a record that's just the same song over and over again because I'd like to think about it like it's an album and a snapshot of everything that makes you who you are and where you're at at that time in your life.
'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' happens to be my favorite album.
The first album I ever bought with my own money was 'Ten.' Every single song reminds me of my childhood.
Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.
