Desiigner

“You'd be surprised what you'd catch on my playlist.”

“I'm real connected with Australia, you heard? I gotta come up there, man.”

“My grandfather is a blues musician.”

“Music always lived with me, like a family tradition.”

“Me and Kanye work awesome together. He's a creative man, I'm a creative man, we put our ideas together, it's like the perfect formula.”

“I'm my own favorite artist, but I love everybody's music.”

“I came from the projects. So there were times I'd wake up at night, and my palms would be itching to get out. But no matter where I was, I always looked at the stars, because there's nothing ugly about the sky. That was my escape.”

“Meeting Kanye West was a blessing.”

“I'm definitely happy and appreciate all the love everyone's given to me.”

“Actually, if you listen to the vocals on my grandfather's records, you will hear we sound similar. We both sound kind of dry. We have a dry voice, and we both love harmony - he was a man of harmony, I'm a man of harmony. I think it just runs in our blood.”

“I got to be more careful and more focused with my surroundings, because everybody wants to reach out to me, and I don't know if it's good or bad.”

“I can't step outside my house now - everybody knows my face.”

“'XXL,' they call me a freshman, but I'm a pro. So, this a platform to let people know I'm out here.”

“I don't like to rush my music.”

“I was always on my swag since I was younger.”

“I don't put nothing out if it's not ready.”

“My sister listened to reggae, and my homies listened to trap music.”

“I came from a supportive home with a mommy and a daddy, and they had everything I wanted.”

“At school, I'd be the dude singing to the girls, always up in the auditorium, in the lunch room singing Christmas carols, in the halls between class. I was always singing, and same thing with my grandfather. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree; you know how that goes.”

“Before 'Panda,' I had a buzz already.”