Quotes from ASAP Ferg

I see myself on top, doing what I love to do, and doing it the way I want to do it. No rules, just doing my own thing.

I make music for the whole world, not just one borough.

DMX was just one of the figures that I thought no one could ever be better than. I used to look up to him so much. The bikes, the dogs, that's where I come from.

I create art. It's kinda abstract.

If I was just to shut up, I wouldn't be a true artist.

I was born alone, I'm gonna die alone. I have my own identity. I'm my own person, and no two people are the same.

With 'Dope Walk,' I wanted to bring back kids dancing and having fun again. That's how it used to be in Harlem. I remember everybody Harlem-shaking and 'Chicken Noodle Soup'-ing. Those were some of the most fun and memorable times in my life.

I don't have a specific style. My style is unorthodox; that is my style. So you can't really place me here, place me there, because my style is just to be anywhere, you know what I'm saying?

Racism been over. It's the old people that keep on holding on to it.

There's no borders or lines you can't cross anymore. Everything is getting blended with everything. That's the dope thing about music now. Some people don't like it, more of the older people. They want to, you know, go back to old-school New York hip-hop.

When I was growing up, I saw the Aaliyah shirts, the DMX shirts, or the collab shirts with DMX and Aaliyah when they had a single together. Those were the dope collage shirts with their faces all over it. They were doing cool things like that.

I used to do design before I was actually rapping. I went to art and design high school.

Me jumping on a song with Ariana Grande is just showing versatility, you know what I'm saying?

'Illmatic' was dope.

I used to listen to 'Ready to Die' around the time I dropped out of college. I was scrambling for work and money.

At the end of the day, you can't take my love for my people away.

I'm an animal lover.