We're from New York, so we have a decent following.
Usually when my music drops, I can go to my hood, I can hear people playing it. Now it comes from performing it, people knowing it and stuff. It's crazy!
When I am in Mumbai, I am called a director. In Chennai, I am called a hero. In the Telugu States, I am called a dance master.
I am not facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will than become urgent.
I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas.
I love going back to cities where I had a strong fan base - like San Antonio, Minneapolis - those were really good fan bases, like Iowa and Chicago.
I have a nice following in Boston. The Boston crowd is very hip.
You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma.
I had a record called 'Touchdown.' It was really bubbling in my city, and I used to go to different clubs and perform.
My mother and father told me I was god. I was a good Italian boy who hung out with the same four guys. I was a little god.
Within the black community, I'm definitely a neighborhood celebrity.
You make a little noise, and you can sell out your local hometown club. But then you drive an hour down the road to the next town, and there might be eight people there.
I got recognized more by little sweet Italian fans in six days than I've ever been recognized in L.A. in six years.
