I could never change the overall feel of my music. That's why people like me - I don't follow trends, and I don't follow crowds.

I'm into heavy duty, psychedelic, foreign music. That's what I like listening to.

I'm a man of different types of flavors and tastes. I like listening to things that inspire me. Older music, when instruments were being played, not just people hitting buttons. It's manlier. You're touching things to make sounds appear.

My main influence is Kool G Rap and Cam'ron, pretty much. If you were to mix those two people up, I wish that would be me... This is my voice. I sound like nobody; I sound like me.

Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.

I got a lot of influence from my father, honestly. He'd take me in his car. I'd hear Carlos Santana. I'd hear Queen. I'd hear all these Turkish people, like, bands that he grew up listening to. He was in a band as well.