Action Bronson

“I'm a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I'm mad built.”

“You can make a hit song in 15 minutes. I don't know about someone else's song, but songs that people like of mine, I've created in 15 minutes or less.”

“My main influence is Kool G Rap and Cam'ron, pretty much. If you were to mix those two people up, I wish that would be me... This is my voice. I sound like nobody; I sound like me.”

“I'm a man of different types of flavors and tastes. I like listening to things that inspire me. Older music, when instruments were being played, not just people hitting buttons. It's manlier. You're touching things to make sounds appear.”

“Penmanship means a lot to me. I don't have cursive penmanship, though. I've created my own penmanship. It's very clear. Everyone can read it. I write things down all day long.”

“I'm a championship handball player. I'm a championship softball and baseball player. I used to be an extremely talented center in high school in football. I also dabbled in lacrosse and soccer. I'm really good at billiards, darts, shuffleboard.”

“Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.”

“I would say I started rapping because my friends were doin' it.”

“New York was at the forefront of rap, so because of all the great people who have gone before me, being a rapper from Queens, I have to live up to those standards. I'm basically just a regular guy who says what he feels and likes to joke. I like long walks on the beach... and I love rap.”

“When I think of influential females in hip-hop, my mind goes to Foxy Brown, hands down.”

“I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.”

“My childhood was great, honestly. I have all these incredible memories of my childhood. I was an only child. I always had all my cousins around. I had my grandparents around. I had my parents around. I had my uncles around - whatever.”

“I pick and choose my battles, but I overthink everything because I have to think about everything.”

“I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.”

“I'm into heavy duty, psychedelic, foreign music. That's what I like listening to.”

“I'm the Bjorn Boerg of table tennis.”

“I like every girl. Every kind of girl that there is, I like.”

“My 9-year-old daughter can recite every line from 'Easy Rider,' and that is not an easy song to do. She raps all of Nicki Minaj and everything; she's dope. She has my musical ear for sure. She sings, and she's beautiful. It's very powerful.”

“I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.”

“I could never change the overall feel of my music. That's why people like me - I don't follow trends, and I don't follow crowds.”