My idol is Quincy Jones.
'Welcome to Atlanta' was a song I wanted to do on my first album. The idea was for me and Outkast to do it, but I could never come up with a beat for us to do it. Outkast beats and my beats were very different.
To be mentioned in the same breath as people I admire means everything to me.
Some people see Jermaine Dupri as a producer, and they don't really know what the songwriting skills are.
When you stick to what you're doing, sometimes that road ain't as easy as the rest of them.
I have the weirdest career in hip-hop, and I say that because I started so young. I started So So Def when I was 17 years old.
I was the youngest producer to have a No. 1 record when Kris Kross first came out, and that was a record I held for I don't know how long.
I stopped writing lyrics down on paper after me and Jay-Z did 'Money In the Bank.' They're something I just hold in my mind.
A person like myself will keep challenging to see if I can keep doing it over and over again.
The majority of my records that become big records are usually done in one day.
As an employee, you can't work for someone forever.
DJing is how I got into So So Def.
I've always wanted to be mentioned in the same sentence or at the same time that you say Quincy Jones or you say Stevie Wonder. I never thought that could possibly ever happen.
Teach yourself from others' mistakes.
Following in the footsteps of Berry Gordy, I always admire what he did.
My life is crazy sometimes.
I'm first-generation money in my family.
My life is incredible.
I make music not to make money but because it's in me.
Things always work when I put my heart into it, and more brands need to do the same thing.
