Quotes from A Boogie wit da Hoodie

I pick and choose what I want to put on what. Instead of just dropping a single, I like putting projects together.

I'm not really worried about the flashy stuff. I don't got chains and cars. I spend what I need to spend. It doesn't faze me.

Me and Tory Lanez got good chemistry together. We could make a song so easy, but we always like to figure out what we're really doing. We can make a good song, but it gotta make sense.

The album 'Hoodie SZN' is about the result of where I come from: it gave me this black heart. And the black heart represents depression.

People's hustle in the Bronx is real.

I was always writing, since I was, like, 12.

Partnering up with the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour marks a milestone moment in my career.

Growing up in Highbridge was real. Me and all my friends, we never really went to any other places in the Bronx but Highbridge. We always just stayed in Highbridge. It was like territory, to be honest, because Highbridge is like a town.

Getting people to like my music was challenging at first. It's hard to get people to like your music. There isn't a simple formula that automatically makes people like you.

If it wasn't for the Internet, I don't know where I'd be.

When I was 13, before I got in high school, I was writing mad raps. I didn't really know if it was good or not, so for a year, I just held them. When I got in high school, I started spittin' bars.

I found my sound through exploring. I was in the studio yelling, going low, trying things, and that's how I found that I have a lot of sounds.

Hip-hop originated from the Bronx specifically; that means everything. I'm down the block from where hip-hop was born and raised, so I'm glad I am here and I'm able to represent New York the way I am.

New York sounds like something that I could really listen to. It's like a vibe; it's a hit song. It's a song that you could listen to in five years and still like.

I never knew Artist was going to get this big. When I was making it, I put my all into it. But you never know what's going to happen with something you make.

Being self-made means putting yourself in position to help others put themselves in position to be successful.

I was inspired to shoot 'Look Back at It' in a high school because I'm like a voice of the youth. When the youth sees me in a classroom, I want them to be inspired to accomplish their dreams. I was just like them in a classroom at one point. It all starts in a classroom.

I can't even lie: Sometimes, I be antisocial.

This is the most fun thing in the world to me, making music. Sitting down, I can make songs and not leave the booth, ever, and I love it.

Some of my songs are turnt up, but that's just 'cause I have to make 'em like that so the clubs can play them.

Me and Thugger could make nine songs in a day and then choose which songs we like the most and think is gonna do something. With other people, it's like, we pick one song, and we hope it's the one.

I'm not the type of person who makes a lot of songs in a day just to see which one is the best.

You always gonna feel me. That's my main thing. When I'm speaking in my music, you gotta feel me.

Having a daughter made my music, I guess, more meaningful. It made me see more of life when I had my daughter.