Benny the Butcher

“A lot of times, everybody know that I'm trying to bring the best out of people I get on features with.”

“With how long I've been rapping, I've learned a lot on the business side. You don't have this much success underground, or stay in the game this long, without having supreme knowledge of the game. I've got that.”

“You got people looking to Buffalo for the next Griselda, but they'll never find it because there's only one.”

“There's times I'm in the studio every day.”

“I'm one of the people where the game's in good hands with me.”

“People know me here for putting out good albums. This is what I do.”

“My favorite actor is Don Cheadle.”

“When you hold something the longest, you get to change it, you get to refine it, you get to make it what you wanted to make.”

“There's other guys who got more money than rappers and got maybe a better life than a rapper, but they still want the fame and they still want the spotlight because that's what come with being a rapper. So guys envy you because of that. Everybody envy you because of the money you make.”

“Celebrities aren't supposed to share their public opinion.”

“I've gotten so good that people wanna stop congratulating me, and that's weird.”

“I need an artist to be a dog. You know what I'm saying? I need an artist to think for themselves. I need an artist to understand the business. And that's a lot, but I expect greatness, you know what I'm saying? I expect greatness from anybody who I sign, to be honest with you.”

“I encourage everybody to get into music because it's therapeutic, it keeps you out of the way, and it's lucrative if you do it right.”

“Anything that's in my reach to do, I'ma do.”

“I can't live life without my kids.”

“Of course we all want a record deal, get the big check, and all that, but it might not be good for you in the long run. You just really gotta take your time and see everything. Don't just see the advance. Don't just see which label it is. Don't be blinded by the perks without seeing the other side of it. That's important.”

“I feel like they say the upstate western New York sound is the gritty sound.”

“It's hard to get Americans to vote.”

“People really do get on their songs and say anything. There's no point.”

“I want people to know that 'Burden of Proof' can't be touched with a 60-foot pole. Every time I drop, it's a moment.”