Time repeats itself, so it's up to you to keep up with the curves of the music and keep reinventing yourself so you can be better than what you are.
— Mustard
With me and YG, he could rap a hook, and I could make a beat around it. Ten minutes, we done.
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.'
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.
Kids don't come with instruction manuals. It's interesting, but after you have your kids, it's a blessing. It's not as hard as people may think it is.
You can't pick a fight with anyone doing something with your sound.
I think it's good that producers are showing more ways to show their artistry and be more the artist, you know? Not just the producer in the back making the beats.
I'm just doing all type of music that I like. I'm not so worried about the money like I used to be. I got money now. I don't have to worry about that.
I started DJing when I was, like, 11.
Everybody knows YG is a turnt up dude that can't nobody control.
I thought I was going to be YG's DJ forever. I didn't plan on producing; I just picked up producing and got good at it.
What I would tell young producers is if there is someone out there who can help you, then go work with that person.
Diplo is one of my homies.
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.
I'm trying to work with as many people as possible.
When we came out, they just labelled us 'ratchet music' cos we said 'ratchet' a lot. Ratchet means that's it's ghetto, but I would just call the music we're making just good music.
My cousin went to jail, and I was like, 'I don't wanna spend my life in jail.' So I just started DJing, and that was my out.
It means everything to be a father. I had a father growing up, so I wanted my kids to have a father as well.
I never want to get stuck in the box.
YG and I told each other when we was coming up that if we didn't feel like we was close to making it by 25, we was going to stop.
Everybody in the West Coast always like to hear YG, RJ, and Mustard together.
Everybody likes the new guy. Being the new guy is cool. But then when you're there for a couple months, you're just the cool guy. I think I'm just the cool guy.
Me and my little cousin DJ John John, we used to always be DJing in the house. We never took it seriously.
When I came in the game, it was just me making beats in Inglewood at YG's house; it wasn't nobody to help me.
I actually care about my shows.
I just wanted to do my own albums where nobody could tell me what to do. Roc Nation was the perfect fit because I could do what I wanted to do.
I'm just real in-tune with music - I really listen to R&B more than I listen to rap.
I used to live with YG.
I've always had an ear for rocking a party. Just knowing what people like.
'Who Do You Love' was kinda cool to make. I just made the beat; I was self-determined to make beats at the time.
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.
I hear a lot of people saying my stuff sounds the same. When you're in my position, people come to you to give them the same sound in a different type of way.
Skrillex is dope. He plays everything. It's amazing what he does.
Being the new guy, you're gonna dress your best every day. When you're the cool guy, you gonna be like, 'Ah, I'm the cool guy anyway. I don't need to dress like that.'
I think my set is more so mixed in everything. It's not just EDM.
I'm into having a good time and showing people you can have fun. Because for a long time, the West Coast, it wasn't about having fun. It was about gang banging; it just wasn't fun no more. So now I'm bringing fun back.
You can't stop what God wants to happen.
10 Summers isn't just a label, it's a lifestyle.
As long as you have a percentage of a song, that lasts forever. You have to study the business. Don't just be in it for money. You have to understand what you're in it for, then get your money.
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.
