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.'

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.

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 never want to get stuck in the box.

I started DJing when I was, like, 11.

Everybody knows YG is a turnt up dude that can't nobody control.

What I would tell young producers is if there is someone out there who can help you, then go work with that person.

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.

Diplo is one of my homies.

I'm just real in-tune with music - I really listen to R&B more than I listen to rap.

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.

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 actually care about my shows.

Now I have a business, artists to take care of. I want to make sure everything's going right, because at the end of the day, it's my name.

Anytime anyone of my friends in my camp, if we argue, we gonna fight for real.

I could do beats with a million sounds, and I could do beats with two sounds. Which one is going to make the most sense, and which one is going to sell the most records? Most of the time, it's the simplicity.

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.

You can't complain about everybody that steals your sound. You'll be fighting for years trying to figure out how to make people not steal it.

Me and my little cousin DJ John John, we used to always be DJing in the house. We never took it seriously.

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.

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.

Apart from working on music, I'd rather play big festivals than almost anything else.

I think my set is more so mixed in everything. It's not just EDM.