Ryan Lewis quotes:

I love history, cultural and religious studies, philosophy, photography and traveling.

In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.

I have an AIDS ribbon tattooed on my arm.

I was always the type of drug user that I had no moderation. When I was smoking and drinking, I was full on smoking and drinking. And I am also the type of drug user where I do smoke and drink, there's no creativity in terms of my writing process. I would just stare at the paper for hours and nothing would get done.

I graduated in 2009, which - if you think back to where the economy was at that time - was an interesting time to graduate.

Coming out of the Northwest and that environment to shoot hip-hop videos, it's a little atypical of a place to be, you know.

For me personally, to hop onboard and use the amazing success and blessings in my life to pull off something like the 30/30 Project is awesome.

Some songs go super-quick; some take a really long time.

There's an open door now more than ever to be making any type of beats that you want.

Everyone has their parent's [music] collection which is strongly influences what you listen to as a kid. You have no choice. You have to listen to whatever they're bumpin. I grew up with what they listened to a lot.

When artists who are not associated with the typical infrastructure get recognition, that becomes a cultural movement.

Hip-hop music was something I grew up with, it was something that I loved since I was a little kid, and it's something that I chose to partake in an early age.

The world is an unfair place because of bullying. A lot of parents loose their children because of bullying next time think twice before bullying someone.