This year is the 25th anniversary of “Gonna Make You Sweat.” When did you realize the song was going to be something way bigger than you might have initially imagined?

When I saw myself on the jumbotron in Times Square.

We’d made several records before this … I was kind of in the mix, but when I saw the jumbotron, and I saw Michael Jordan was doing the “jump to the rhythm, jump jump,” highlight reel, and they were taking all of his dunks, I was like, you know what, this might just be a little bit different than what we did before.

Before you saw that, were you just having a regular day?

Yeah. I was walking down the block. I saw the video, and I just stood there, and I was like OK, this is not normal. [laughs]

It became the new normal for a little while.

Yeah, it did. It became the new normal for a minute, but you’re so busy doing it, you don’t really think about doing it too much.

It’s like flying an airplane. There are so many things you have to do to keep the plane afloat. If you’ve done it 20 times, you’re kind of automatic, but if it’s your first flight, your first solo flight, your first flight where you’re in control, you’re kinda like OK, alright, this is really cool that I’m going over this mountain, but I don’t want to hit it, so let me really focus.

That’s kind of how music is, you’re focused on being the best. That’s why a lot of artists act out. You get on the road, and you trash the hotel, and you act a little crazy because there’s so much pressure to focus, and to maintain.