Zaytoven Quotes

Our talent and skill as rappers is clearly the first thing you notice. I don't know what we were thinking. We just really love rap and wanted to be rappers. Is that weird?

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.

I grew up in the area where we had Three 6 Mafia, and Playa Fly, and 8Ball & MJG. My parents and my family used to listen to it. I learned from them there, and got more into it - listening to the beat of songs, and just learning more about music.

When I heard my first rap song and figured out what that was, I kind've stuck to it. I always wanted to be a musician in general, an entertainer. I just started rapping. I never decided, 'Oh, I want to be a rapper.'

I started producing when I was listening to The Diplomats. The first time I heard Cam'ron was 'Dead or Alive.'

When I was little, my dad showed me N.E.R.D., their first album, and I thought it was amazing. I thought Pharrell was just killing everything. That was my first introduction to rap.

I played 'Rewind' so many times in the club to see which parts were working, see how the crowd reacted to it.

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.

When I was 24, I realized I could never be one of the best rappers, but I knew I had some of the best ideas.

I fell in love with hip-hop a little bit late; I grew up on Another Bad Creation and Kris Kross. But my mom got me a TV in my room, and I remember seeing Biggie's 'Give Me One More Chance,' and I was like, 'Oh, this is how a house party looks!' I really, really fell in love with it when Tupac created 'Dear Mama.'

I feel like every time I make a beat, and the Migos rap on it, it's gonna be fire.

Every person I meet is a rapper, DJ, or makes beats.

I used to make demo tapes with cats that rocked with Russell Simmons and people like that. The history goes so far back; I've always been really focused on writing dope rhymes.

I'm the best SoundCloud rapper.

You know, Tupac would go into the studio and make like six or seven songs in one day. That's how he operated. He was real quick with his pen.

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

A lot people don't know that Mannie Fresh is one of my favorite producers because I used to just be fascinated with how he would be producing stuff. He'd be silly, too, when he raps.

I like music, I listened to all rappers; people like Jeezy, Yo Gotti, T.I.

I recorded my first song, 'Greetings,' and it got so much attention on SoundCloud. I was not expecting that.

A lot of people's favorite rappers will literally get in the booth and just make sounds.

I remember, when I heard Jeff Buckley's 'Grace,' on first listen I just thought it was such a great song.

When I was a kid, my favorite rapper was 50 Cent. He was definitely a big influence on why I wanted to do music.

I had this dream to be a rapper when I was younger.

I must say, I've been in the studio with Jay Z, dog... I thought the freestyle thing was a myth. But, bro!

Future's the guy, like, where, if I send him some beats while he on the road, and there's a pack of beats that he really like, if there's a new vibe or new wave, he's like, 'Man, keep feeding me more. Feed me more of this every day.'