I used Atlantic like I was supposed to.
— Ty Dolla Sign
With L.A. it's like, yeah, there's Death Row and whatever. But I always wanted to know what those artists were sampling. It's how I fell in love with music.
I used to go to the Church of the Harvest, right off Adams and La Brea. There was a pastor there who had the best big choir and the best band. He would start praying, and the music would start playing and just make people feel so good, you could break out of whatever you were going through. Soft music can have that effect, too.
The softest thing I've ever heard are the wind chimes in my backyard. They are soft and cool and mellow.
I'm a big fan of Fetty Wap.
When it comes to making a song, whatever the beat tells me to do, I do.
I kick it with a whole bunch of people, whereas some people only want you to kick it with one race, you know.
Everything has a cycle and a season.
YG and I started a long time ago back in '08, and I am proud of where we are now.
Quavo's energy in the studio in unreal.
Fifteen is around the time when my parents broke up, and all I was listening to was 2Pac.
I remember watching the first Million Man March as a kid, and I always knew that if I got a chance to go to one, I would go.
I feel like everybody's inspired off of everybody.
My production got better, songs, lyrics, everything; the sound, the quality, everything.
I'm promoting partying and having fun and being that type of American. I don't wanna hurt nobody's feelings.
That's where I got lucky; nobody else is doing what I do or really can do what I do.
Every time I hear 'Miracle,' I feel a certain type of way.
People have died in jail that have been innocent.
I do a little bit of everything.
Piano feels soft. Violins and all different string instruments feel soft. Guitar, even electric guitar before you start adding distortion, that you can play soft.
It's hella crazy being included in the music for the 'Ninja Turtles' movie.
I'm happy and thankful that people are messing with the Dolla $ign.
I like Jaco Pastorius' 'Portrait of Tracy.' He was this bass player who played jazz fusion. He was the dopest bass player who ever lived.
I don't despise anyone. It's definitely all about the love.
When I put out 'Toot It and Boot It,' did anything sound like that?
Bad Brains is one of my all-time favorite punk bands.
I like Future, Young Thug, Mike WiLL, DJ Spinz, Metro Boomin, Drake, Kendrick.
Fifth grade was when I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit;' it was the energy, and his voice. I liked 311 and Sublime, too, though that might have been a little after that.
For those of you that don't know, the reason I named my album 'Free TC' is because my lil' brother is named TC. He's locked up for something that he didn't do, and what I'm trying to do is just raise awareness around the whole mass incarceration thing going on in our country, especially with our people.
One day, I'm gonna make a song with Kaskade.
I love seeing love. I had this one girl that I was really tryna go hard with, but it wasn't it.
I love Jailynn so much. She's the best daughter. I bet every dad says that.
I'm tryna figure out when I'm gonna do my version of the Moonwalk... It's coming, you know? That Dolla $ign moonwalk is comin'.
I grew up around a lot of church musicians.
My song 'Saved:' that's EDM-vibes with some L.A. vibes.
Out of every other rap guy, Wiz is the most humble, down-to-earth guy, like me.
As a producer, when I'm trying to make something soft, I start with a slow tempo. Then after that, it would be straight to acoustic guitar and vocals, or I'm going to go strings and just piano.
'Shell Shocked' is so different from what people are used to hearing from Ty Dolla Sign.
Really, I've been working forever, just doing music, and then all of a sudden, out of the blue, everybody is just on it.
I mess with white girls, Asian girls, Spanish girls, black girls, everything.
The whole reason behind my album 'Free TC' is seeing all that police brutality, injustice, mass incarceration.
Jagged Edge is one of my favorite R&B groups.
OT Genasis is my L.A. homie; I've seen him grind, and he is still making hits.
There was a lot of Pac haters, but I definitely love Pac. I wish I got to do a song with him.
Now I know we have the power to incite change through the Internet - keep sharing our stories, our dreams, and our struggles.
The Internet is the vehicle we're driving to share our visuals, outrage, and ideas around the world.
One day, I'm gonna make a song with John Mayer.
I'm not gonna front and act like your boyfriend. I'm out here, you know what I'm saying?
I'm just thankful to be blessed with my talent.
When we dropped 'Toot It And Boot It,' Mustard didn't even do beats, and now he's killin' it. So it's just cool to see all of my bros taking over.
