Quotes from Mustard

I thought I was going to be YG's DJ forever. I didn't plan on producing; I just picked up producing and got good at it.

Apart from working on music, I'd rather play big festivals than almost anything else.

With me and YG, he could rap a hook, and I could make a beat around it. Ten minutes, we done.

When you come in the club, people are trying to get your attention, so they pull your hand. It's like, why are you pulling on me?

When I got my first check from 'Rack City,' I was like, 'Damn, I can make this much money making beats?'

When we came out, they just labelled us 'ratchet music' cos we said 'ratchet' a lot. Ratchet means that's it's ghetto, but I would just call the music we're making just good music.

I'm just real in-tune with music - I really listen to R&B more than I listen to rap.

TeeFlii brought an edge to our camp. He's definitely going to be one of the greats.

'Ratchet' has a lot of meanings. You can be a bad ratchet or a good ratchet. You can have fun, be ghetto, and get ratchet.

I create my music so you can go to the club and have fun.

Everybody likes good music, so when you're just playing good music and encouraging everybody to have fun, they'll have fun.

I just want people to hear my music and feel good, go to the club, dance, have fun, and get home safe... none of that gang-banging stuff.

Anytime you throw claps back to back on a song, it makes everybody want to get up and have fun. It's a fun sound.

I've been working hard to lose weight and become healthier overall. I even started putting the workouts on my Snapchat so my fans can see how dedicated I am to being better.

I can do every type of music, but hip-hop was my way into the game.

If I ever do meet John Mayer and we end up in the studio, hopefully he'll bring the guitar, and I'll make a beat to it or something.

I'm just doing all type of music that I like. I'm not so worried about the money like I used to be. I got money now. I don't have to worry about that.

I don't really like listening to so much rap because I like to have my mind focused on what I'm doing instead of worrying about what everybody else is doing.

There's male groupies - guys that wanna stand next to you to get to the girls. A male groupie is the worst.

I'm getting too much money to be fighting people.

Time repeats itself, so it's up to you to keep up with the curves of the music and keep reinventing yourself so you can be better than what you are.

I'm big on simplicity. I'm not too much on all the extra instruments.

I could do beats with a million sounds, and I could do beats with two sounds. Which one is going to make the most sense, and which one is going to sell the most records? Most of the time, it's the simplicity.

Kids don't come with instruction manuals. It's interesting, but after you have your kids, it's a blessing. It's not as hard as people may think it is.