When people make the educated argument that things should go back, it's more like going back to a feeling they had when they heard some of the music that came out. Not going back to that music being rehashed. That's stupid.

I try to find a vocalist that I don't have to make better. I try to find a vocalist that can make me better, and in turn, I can make them better so that we are, as a team, making ourselves better. I like the vocalist to challenge me. I love to challenge a vocalist.

To me, recording with live instruments and tape takes things back to an older sound that I like but that's still fresh.

It's important for a young black kid to see a Mexican hero, just to know that we're all equal.