Quotes from Mannie Fresh

I can see how paperwork and foolishness can destroy something.

With Dr. Dre, he's a perfectionist. A lot of people ask why 'Detox' is taking so long. It's because Dre is somebody that is trying to top what he's done. Will he do it? I don't know if he ever will, but I respect that he's trying to do so. You have to wait for a masterpiece.

There will never be another Biggie ever again.

The single 'Tha Block Is Hot' was a song that was true to life.

Hey, you gotta love a gangsta girl. Even the suburban and preppy girls wanna be gangsta girls. That's the whole gimmick to it. Everybody wants to be a gangsta girl.

I have some songs on 'Tha Carter V,' but if I hear a song five times, I don't like it no more.

I don't bash Cash Money, Birdman, or none of them.

All throughout Cash Money, I never abandoned the SP 1200. At the end of the day, I still use my SP 1200 'cause I like the way the drums sound.

We still have money issues. We will always have them as long as Cash Money is selling anything that has Mannie Fresh on it.

By the age of 17, Wayne was confident. He knew, 'This is what I am. I'm an MC.' You had Missy Elliott saying she loved Lil Wayne. Lyrically, he was getting better and better.

The reason that I like 'Game of Thrones' is because it's based on all these royal families. And it's cutthroat - just like hip-hop. It's all about positioning and figuring out who's going to last.

There are so many talented people that are on G.O.O.D. Music that it's nuts.

'Macbeth' is one of those books that demand all of your attention.

I've got different drum machines that I use for different things, but I think the older ones are always the best when it comes down to getting that 808 bass.

I see how attorneys are, and nobody is really on your side. It's about money. The attorney is not chasing after your money; he's chasing after his fee.

I've always had good connections with cars and always knew how to fix them, so I didn't have trouble with breakdowns.

I get most of my reading done whenever I'm in the airport waiting on a flight, have some time to kill, and I have a book with me.

For those from my era, my age, that 2Pac vs. Biggie war will go on forever about who is the greatest. But I was more of a Biggie dude.

I thank God I've never burned no bridges with nobody, and when it's time for me to call in my favors, they're coming.

'Solja Rag' was designed for Juvenile. It wasn't one of them beats where I was gonna chop it and see who I was going give it to: it was Juvenile all over it.

With Hurricane Katrina and all that kind of stuff happening, you needed somebody to rally for your city, to tell that story. Since Hurricane Katrina, we didn't really have nobody that said, 'I'm gonna tell New Orleans' story, and I'm gonna stick to New Orleans.'

'Chopper City in the Ghetto' - a lot of it was B.G.'s real story.

If you stay around good people, then they'll look out for you.

Cash Money really had no intentions of being a rap label because when it started, it really was based on bounce. It was one bounce song after another. I started to doing bounce songs for them, and they jumped off.