I really wasn't planning on being a solo artist.

I want to be the president of Columbia Records, maybe C.E.O. - kind of like L.A. Reid.

I listen to all kinds of music. I love underground, new music that's popping.

I love Linkin Park; that's one of my favorite groups, that I went to all their concerts. I love those guys, man. They do, like, pop-rock, know what I'm saying?

I don't live in the past or focus on making new songs sound like my old stuff; it would be stupid, and I don't think anyone would like it.