Quotes from Mustard

I've always had an ear for rocking a party. Just knowing what people like.

When I came in the game, it was just me making beats in Inglewood at YG's house; it wasn't nobody to help me.

As long as you have a percentage of a song, that lasts forever. You have to study the business. Don't just be in it for money. You have to understand what you're in it for, then get your money.

I just wanted to do my own albums where nobody could tell me what to do. Roc Nation was the perfect fit because I could do what I wanted to do.

Any man can take a sucker punch, but if you get slapped, it's other repercussions to that.

10 Summers isn't just a label, it's a lifestyle.

I know that everything comes to an end. Everything is a phase.

My cousin went to jail, and I was like, 'I don't wanna spend my life in jail.' So I just started DJing, and that was my out.

I wanna be involved in everything, not just one thing.

I wanna compete; I wanna be the best at whatever I do.

I don't know why people be in the club trying to be so cool. Standing around, trying to be cool. I don't get that. I just think everybody wanna be a star. That's why people don't dance.

Anytime anyone of my friends in my camp, if we argue, we gonna fight for real.

Sometimes you can do a million songs, and if they're not good, you're just wasting your time.

Skrillex is dope. He plays everything. It's amazing what he does.

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

I want my hands in all the pots and not just one. I want to make the right moves that'll put me in the right place.

Being the new guy, you're gonna dress your best every day. When you're the cool guy, you gonna be like, 'Ah, I'm the cool guy anyway. I don't need to dress like that.'

Everybody likes the new guy. Being the new guy is cool. But then when you're there for a couple months, you're just the cool guy. I think I'm just the cool guy.

Me and my little cousin DJ John John, we used to always be DJing in the house. We never took it seriously.

Now I have a business, artists to take care of. I want to make sure everything's going right, because at the end of the day, it's my name.

Everybody in the West Coast always like to hear YG, RJ, and Mustard together.

I'm into having a good time and showing people you can have fun. Because for a long time, the West Coast, it wasn't about having fun. It was about gang banging; it just wasn't fun no more. So now I'm bringing fun back.

What I would tell young producers is if there is someone out there who can help you, then go work with that person.

I think it's good that producers are showing more ways to show their artistry and be more the artist, you know? Not just the producer in the back making the beats.