I really believed in 2 Chainz, I really believed in Future, and I was going to the studio with them every single day.

I can work with all these different kinds of artists and still be able to come up with huge records. Not just cool records, but game-changing records.

Future was always the person to knock out multiple bangers in one night.

Sometimes I feel like I represent for the misunderstood.

I want to make sure that I sign dope artists, old and new, just to make sure that we come up with something new and creative.

I like to listen to the Police, Sting, Queen, Pet Shop Boys.

When I tried to send him beats in 2010, he told me I was too expensive for him. I told Future we had to work together, that it would be beneficial for both of us, that we didn't have to worry about the money.

Future is my brother. He has no idea how big what he does is.

I love Atlanta.

Kanye is one of my favorite producers and artists.

This is the city of the underdog champion, so they want to see the next person out of their city blowing up and making I feel like, man, Atlanta's a big city, but it's so small.

I feel like soccer brings another dynamic to the city, it makes it more eclectic... I feel like it opens doors for people who grew up playing soccer here their whole life. We've got some rings on the way, trophies on the way, and we're gonna win, and we're gonna stand behind Atlanta United just like we stand behind everything else out of Atlanta.

That's the most important part of all the music I produce: making sure the artist is bringing themselves out in the music.

You can't please everybody. As long as you make dope music, you're gonna have your fans.

I didn't have no college friends. All the artists the college folks were listening to were my homies. I was leaving class, literally, to record with them.

I like blessing others around me. When you work hard, it's just dope to give back to the people around you.

Once you start getting money, it relieves your stress of worrying about how you're going to pay your next bill. It's more like another stress of how many bills you have to pay.

If you put your time and energy into developing creatively, that's where you'll go.

I really like coming across all types of different music, and hearing new things.

I wanted 'Formation' to be a woman empowerment song, but Beyonce made it into a culture empowerment song.

I like making dope music.

2012, I feel like I was still grinding. It was a good year for me, but that was my year breaking down the barriers. It was like my introduction.

In 2011, a lot of people didn't even know I did 'Tupac Back.'

I did 'We Can't Stop' for Rihanna, but it never worked. Every time I would play 'We Can't Stop' I was like 'this is the new 'Party in the U.S.A.'' I was like OK if I keep saying this is the new 'Party in the U.S.A.,' why don't I go to the girl who did 'Party in the U.S.A.?'