Quotes from Desiigner

I don't like to rush my music.

I played the sax at school. I was in marching band.

Actually, if you listen to the vocals on my grandfather's records, you will hear we sound similar. We both sound kind of dry. We have a dry voice, and we both love harmony - he was a man of harmony, I'm a man of harmony. I think it just runs in our blood.

I came from the projects. So there were times I'd wake up at night, and my palms would be itching to get out. But no matter where I was, I always looked at the stars, because there's nothing ugly about the sky. That was my escape.

I love to, you know, just inspire people however they wanna take it.

Before 'Panda,' I had a buzz already.

In the G.O.O.D. Music camp, we all come around, and we show ourselves and present ourselves as artists only.

I came from a supportive home with a mommy and a daddy, and they had everything I wanted.

You'd be surprised what you'd catch on my playlist.

I got to be more careful and more focused with my surroundings, because everybody wants to reach out to me, and I don't know if it's good or bad.

I never had a job. I never saw myself working for corporate business.

I went from selling everything to saying, 'I ain't gonna sell that. Can't do it.' It wasn't working for me, so I was just like, 'Yo, I'm going to sell my talent.'

Meeting Kanye West was a blessing.

You can catch me in whatever's funky, whatever's got that swag. If it's got that swag, I'm putting it on.

I'm here to actually deliver art and deliver the creation, you know, wherever the music brings somebody.

'XXL,' they call me a freshman, but I'm a pro. So, this a platform to let people know I'm out here.

I'm definitely happy and appreciate all the love everyone's given to me.

None of my dudes I chill with are rappers. I don't put us as rappers. We're all artists.

I'm real connected with Australia, you heard? I gotta come up there, man.

The work ethic behind everything Kanye does is crazy. It's greatness. He told me, 'We're not just rappers, we're artists.'

My job was to entertain. I've always seen myself in the entertainment realm.

When people are like, 'Why are these white people walking around this black hood?' I'm like, 'Why aren't they?' If it ain't bothering nobody, they can do whatever they want! They're in the hood to make it better.

Even the diss tracks was enhancing 'Panda.'

Music always lived with me, like a family tradition.