King Tuff Quotes

They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?

The cool thing about G.O.O.D. Music is it's a bunch of great ideas, and I'm one of those ideas.

But Rawkus is integral to what I do, because the cats who started Rawkus are the first ones who really saw my vision, and gave me a platform to get it out there, so I'm definitely totally grateful for that.

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

I don't really like meetings, I like recording and performing music. I need to set myself up for when the time does come that I need better distribution or just a bigger team behind me.

If people stop liking my clothes, I'll make a record.

Nobody from my label called any of their labels to get this done. Most of it happened very naturally. Mary and I have been friends for a long time. Then Jay-Z offered.

To me, being in the big time is not that big of a deal. I've been there; I know what it is. It's exciting, but it's also a lot of work and pressure. I love sort of flying under the radar where we can play theaters and sell CD's on the Internet, and it's really kind of a cool time.

I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.

If you put out quality music, you're always going to be in a good place.

I don't want anyone to fail, so if you can make money off music even though you can't sing or dance, that's genius.

I am looking forward to working with the great staff of Loud & Proud Records, some of whom I worked very closely with during their time at Roadrunner and my time with Dream Theater. I look forward to continuing that relationship with The Winery Dogs!

The music industry is so cool because it's constantly changing.

The music industry is really difficult.

With Rihanna, it's always a collaboration, and that's why I love her so much.

We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there that's getting backed by one of the biggest companies.

There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most creative DJs or producers are always the biggest ones.

Technology has opened up the music business 100-fold and provided space for all kinds of new faces.

I really didn't think I was going to make records to where I make a living out of it.

I'm 23, and if I wanted to release a record when I was 17, I could have released a record, but I'm really glad I didn't.

In my opinion, you just have to make the music. Make the music and work as hard as you can to get it out there.

I'm just an artist that makes good music and has a good idea to make money off of that.

It's not like a boss and artist relationship; it's like a big brother to a younger brother relationship, and he's a great guy. So big shout-out to Akon and the Konvict Muzik crowd.

My manager, my band members, we're all good friends. You need that because a lot of times an artist will be so sheltered he will lose touch with what the fans want.

I love Interscope, I love Star Trak.