There's nothing less funny than someone who looks cool. There's nothing more unappealing.
Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows but the raps aren't really about anything - which is cool sometimes but to have the flow and the message is one of my favorite things.
You show up in Paris and on the drive from the airport to the hotel you're like 'This is so cool! I want to see something! I want to go to the Eiffel Tower!' And then you leave the next morning. You think Oh I didn't get to do anything. I tell people: I've been just about everywhere but I've seen nothing.
I represent the kids who come from nothing but who understand it all and love it all. That's what I represent - those are the cool kids you know the kids of tomorrow because who would've known that I'd be who I am today? We are the kids of tomorrow.
Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York Los Angeles or London which made them completely out of style in the 1970s but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids.
Spider-Man's probably my favorite. You see Batman is a billionaire and there's nothing really cool about a billionaire saving the world. But Spider-Man is Peter Parker a conflicted character who puts on a suit and saves the world. I love that.
I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.
So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing you're screwed'.