Charlie Puth Quotes

I got a chance to work with Mystikal and Mannie Fresh and Juvenile and all these people as I was growing up, and so that really influenced everything I do.

Drake has always been a huge inspiration of mine, and same with Lil Wayne.

I feel like me and YG are the closest to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg that people are gonna get.

I never get tired of 'It Was A Good Day' references or jokes or anything like that. It's just, you know, keeping my biggest hit alive. Nothing wrong with that.

I would love to do a collaboration with Lil' Wayne. I would have loved to sing on his song, 'How To Love.' I wanted to do the remix to that song really bad.

Working with Ice Cube was so tight. He's cool, and I really like how he does family stuff. My guy friends couldn't believe I was chillin' with him. Dudes love Ice Cube.

When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.

I was 17 when I first started rapping and 18 before I started taking it seriously - when I really knew I could rap and have fans and be a trendsetter.

I'd love to work with Snoop Dogg, Skrillex, Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar.

Hip hop has been an integral part of my life and my whole career. I started off doing videos with Ice Cube and Dre and Mary J. Blige and TLC.

When Quavo was out doing sports, I was in the studio, what we call the bando, making music, going hard.

A lot of rappers are stars, but people like Drake and Lil Wayne, those are superstars.

My standout moment I would have to say was when 'Black Rose' dropped and getting the co-sign from Nas and The LOX. I would say all those moments together were crazy for me.

I worked with Busta back in the days, shoutout to the OG Busta Rhymes.

I was always into the West Coast rap, the production and the flows were always more appealing to me. I think my rapping days are over though.

Snoop Dogg has had me to Hollywood to rap with him on his records, and the 2 Live Crew brought me to Miami and wined and dined me to make a record with them.

I want to write just as much as Kanye may have for whomever Kanye has written for.

I really believed in 2 Chainz, I really believed in Future, and I was going to the studio with them every single day.

I have become their idol. Like, Busta Rhymes has called me twice to come to rap with him, and Big Daddy Kane and Eric B and Rakim, I made a trip to do things with them.

I ran into Snoop one night. I was in the studio later, and I got this beat and thought he would sound great on it. I called him and he came right through that night.

Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.

Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history.

I toured with Skrillex, did an HBO commercial with Diplo. In the hip hop movement, I was the first artist Travis Scott ever featured with before he blew up. I had the songs with Chris Brown and Tyga. I've worked with some of the biggest artists in the world.

I worked with Ice-T, Ice Cube, and Tupac! But Tupac was the sweetest man in the world. That whole thug thing was an act - it was silly and dumb. He was a complete gentleman and one of the kindest men I've ever met.

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it.