Quotes from Valee

I've been on a dog-buying spree. I got two Yorkies and a small teacup Chihuahua.

I'm an old man. A big weekend for me is Home Depot and a Caesar salad.

I was always into different stuff: custom cars, electrical, construction, tattooing, decor, you name it.

I do my own tattoos.

My last name is Taylor. So in school, every time we got a project, I'm at the end. So I get to see the whole class do their project. Then, when it comes time to do mine, of course I'd pass, and the teacher wouldn't have too many questions.

You can't be an artist while you're producing, because you'll be over-critiquing the producer part.

Living in Chicago, you have got to not be afraid about failing at something.

I had very bad temper tantrums. I was in more grammar schools than there are years of grammar school. I got kicked out of, like, two preschools, a kindergarten.

I really only make my own beats when I feel like I can't wait on somebody, or it's taking too long to get a nice beat to rap on.

My goal for the rap game is just to make a lot of really dope music. That's really where I keep my mindset at: Just being obsessed over making something crazy and new every day.

I rarely like the music I make. It's like nothing's good enough. I just stay in my head, waiting on the next best beat, so I can do something better than what I did.

I just felt proud of being able to tell my mom that 'Ye reached out. He saw that I built on my own with a small team.

Basically, coming up, listening to Cash Money and Master P, and my mother would listen to Sade and Erykah Badu, things like that. I didn't like that music back then, but now, I guess, to look for soothing music or tones, you know, I would look to that, and I would love to do something with Sade or Erykah Badu.

A lot people don't know that Mannie Fresh is one of my favorite producers because I used to just be fascinated with how he would be producing stuff. He'd be silly, too, when he raps.

Even when I'm at home, I keep to myself - skateboarding, riding bikes, and stuff in the house.

I've always wanted to pull my classic car up directly to my kitchen, get out, and leave the groceries right there.

There were a few labels scouting me, but I felt like G.O.O.D. had my best interest at heart. They gave me the freedom to really do what I want, which is to expand my brand, make great music, and find ways to elevate my sound.

People say it's a quiet flow, that it sounds like I'm in a library. That could have come from when I was living in my old place, a nice loft. I was the youngest person in the building, and I would be working alone on my music. I would get emails two or three times a month about 'loud' music, so I became quieter and quieter about making beats.

I'm hands-on with everything. From music to a car to remodeling a house - anything. People don't know that stuff, though, 'cause I put all my focus into music and being mysterious a little bit.

I'd love to be a NASCAR driver because they're, like, in their forties and fifties.

I like to work smart and make music that people want to hear - just finding ways to not get on people's nerves when I'm coming through their ears.

If I play somebody's mixtape, if it gets on my nerves halfway through because it's too loud or everything sounds the same, it makes me want to approach every song I do differently. I don't want somebody saying, 'That's enough of this,' when they listen to my music.

I don't want to make videos that come out looking like commercials or movie trailers.

I'm real easygoing.