Our interview series Icebreaker features artists talking about things—some strange, some amusing, some meaningful—that just might reveal their true selves. This edition features Harlem MC A$AP Ferg, whose new album Always Strive and Prosper is out now.

Who is a fictional character that you relate to?

Probably Jesus. He was trying to do good by his people most of the time, just trying to feed his disciples—his friends, his homies. They drank wine together. They broke bread together. I’m the same way.

Do you believe in ghosts?

Oh, definitely. I believe that this universe is so big—we can’t be the only enzymes walking around. There are one-cell creatures that we can’t see. There got to be ghosts.

If you could be in any band ever, which one would you choose?

Daft Punk. I’d be the third dude with my own helmet. Maybe I’d transform into a different Ferg—maybe Ferg would just disappear and I’d become somebody else.

What’s the worst aspect of modern music culture?

There’s a lot of replicas and wannabes who will steal someone’s style and run with it, and people don’t even care no more. It’s weird. You know how visual propaganda sometimes floods your view so much that it’s all you have to look at and you just gotta find the good in the bad? That’s what music is like right now. There’s some good music out there, but the rest is bullshit, and people just buy into it because there’s nothing else out there to buy into. I do have favorite artists, like Kendrick and J. Cole—they’re making music with some type of content. I like Young Thug and Chance too—people that are being innovative and bringing something new to the table.