Quotes from Mustard

When Drake sings, it makes everybody feel like they can sing. Not saying he's a bad singer - he's a good singer - but it just makes everybody feel like, 'If Drake can sing, I can sing, too.'

My goal is to be the Jay Z of DJing.

I think Justin Bieber should let me executive produce his album.

'Who Do You Love' was kinda cool to make. I just made the beat; I was self-determined to make beats at the time.

I think my set is more so mixed in everything. It's not just EDM.

I don't want people to think that just because I do club records, I can't do an album record or an R&B single. I can do R&B, I do pop, I do whatever - but it's still Mustard.

The past is always recycled. I'm just taking what the people I looked up to did and translating it for my generation.

Don't just be a mystery to your kids. You need your kids to know you and know they can call you whenever they need you.

My real name is Dijon. My mom named me Dijon, so everybody used to call me Mustard.

My uncle, he's a big DJ out here in L.A. His name is DJ Tee; he's got a bar in Westchester.

My uncle is just, like, always pushing me to be better, be a man, and showing me the ropes of the game.

Don't let this music industry or any industry come between friendship. Just stay focused on your goals.

I feel like having a son made me go harder and work harder. And now that I got a daughter, it's the same grind, staying focused on what I have to do for them.

You can't complain about everybody that steals your sound. You'll be fighting for years trying to figure out how to make people not steal it.

I like dressing in designer clothes, and it's hard to buy them if you are overweight. And I got tired of, like, going in the stores, and then it was like I couldn't fit in anything. And overall, I wanted to be healthy.

You see so many musicians come and go. For me, it's really about the longevity in the music industry. It's not all about having a lot of hit records at one time.

I like everything to happen organically.

When you're in this music thing, and you got friends involved in this, of course ya'll gonna have disagreements, and that's gon' be the outcome: we gon' fight each other.

I never want to get stuck in the box.

If I'm DJing, and you stop me and take a picture? That's annoying.

Everybody knows YG is a turnt up dude that can't nobody control.

It's just dumb: how you can have the number 1 record in Los Angeles and not have the number 1 record in New York? It's crazy.