I know a lot of people feel like they get eaten alive by New York, but I feel it more as a father figure or something - this huge presence watching over me. I definitely feel better and work freer here.
Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some songs. I had no idea what for or who I was going to work with. I tried to find my way and direction.
What I liked about doing a soundtrack is that it's almost the opposite of any kind of normal recording that a band does, because it's very much a restricted, narrow... And I kind of like that, I find it exciting to work within these things.
Pick a sin we can both live with, is what I ask.
Fantasy was always only a reality waiting to be switched on.
I grew up wanting to be a painter and paint pictures.
If you're rude for television's sake, it ain't reality TV.
I was very cheap - that's the way I'd always worked.
I like getting requests from audience members.
As far as Hip Hop Manhattan was after the Bronx.
I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.
It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.
I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.
I still live in Inglewood and have a great relationship with my Mexican family.
About six years ago my family was affected by multiple sclerosis.
People think I hate the Royal Family, but that's not true.
For me, there is a strong family connection to Boston and anything connected to Boston, which includes Fenway.
I have family in Ponce. It's a shame that my grandfather passed and I wasn't able to be there with him.
I can't be the big star in the family. We have a family, and we are all equal.
A large family makes you accept sharing your parents.
It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era.
