I think Phish will come back. I just think it's time for a breather.
From day one when you're singing, you're dreaming about making that first album and making your break into whatever music you want to break into.
I took a break from doing music to concentrate on acting.
After 'Return Of The Bumpasaurus' in '96, I just got away from music for, like, a year. Literally, I think I produced two songs in a year. I was totally kicking it, running around.
All of our other albums were consecutive year after year: 'No More Mr. Nice Guy,' 'Step in the Arena,' 'Daily Operation,' 'Hard to Earn.' After 'Hard to Earn,' a four-year gap is a lot of not having Gang Starr music, as far as an album is concerned.
I don't listen to much music on the go because I tend either to be writing my own music or wanting a break from the music around me.
People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.
During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.
'Power' came in August. February 2014, 'Empire' ended. That whole time, I was like, 'You know what, let me just take a break from this and focus on music' so in that time period, I did my whole EP. Got the single 'Lotto.'
I listen to everything. As I told you, sometimes I just want to shut off from music and be silent. Then I play a song and it's refreshing. It's almost like initializing yourself. Recently I was in South Africa doing a press day for my tour. I listened to this band called "Freshly Ground." They were doing a live gig there so that's the last thing I've heard.
