I love the grind. Gucci taught me to never stop working.
No teacher ever skipped the student process... if you want to be a leader, you have to be a follower first.
If I tell you purple look good on you, and you ain't never wore purple, your favorite colors are red and green, and you're like, No man, these my colors. You won't know purple is your color until you try it on.
I wouldn't say money can buy happiness. Happiness starts with yourself. Money can buy a smile, though.
When I do music I don't think about urban music, pop or country, I just think about a good song.
I don't spend a bunch of money on jewelry or sunglasses, because I lose them a lot.
We Can't Stop' - everyone said that it wasn't going to work on pop radio, because it didn't have an EDM-type beat. But it went to No. 2 on Billboard and No. 1 on iTunes.
I just want to change the game.
Me and Future, we did 'Dirty Sprite,' 'Ain't No Way Around It,' 'Turn on the Lights.' Every time we record, we're setting bars.
I've just got to keep a balanced head and stay focused.
That's what music is all about, vibes. That's what makes people react and relate to a song, what makes it soulful.
Jimmy Iovine, he pretty much started off as an engineer and a producer, and then he started up a label. Then he built his label to have big artists like Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. Then he started up a headphone company and made it a billion dollar business. He's a genius to me.
I don't put myself in any box or say that I can't work on any kind of music. I'm not just a producer that only makes urban music.
When people question me about whether something is hip-hop, I ask them, 'Does it sound hard? Does it hit home? Is it raw and real?' If it is, I did my job. And you can call it whatever you want.
2 Chainz and I have a history. It's always an honor and pleasure working with him, because it seems like everything we do is dope. We just have that organic chemistry.
I'm always that dude that's looking for the next thing.
It's like I have three different brains.
I like everything rare - cars, shoes, clothes.
I'm looking at EarDrummers like a boutique label, like an Interscope or a Def Jam.
You wanna champion someone from your city and it blows it up.
