Mannie Fresh

“I did albums for Cash Money. I didn't do singles - I did whole albums for Cash Money - and at the end of the day, I'm saying I wasn't paid for albums, so its like you're doing 10 songs, and somebody pays you for 1.”

“I've got different drum machines that I use for different things, but I think the older ones are always the best when it comes down to getting that 808 bass.”

“If you stay around good people, then they'll look out for you.”

“I have some songs on 'Tha Carter V,' but if I hear a song five times, I don't like it no more.”

“If I was working on Michael Jackson if he came back to life, I would be ready. I would be ready. 'The Resurrection' Michael Jackson album, I would be ready.”

“I'm from the '80s, man. I got ideas; that's what we do.”

“New Orleans just embraces people who love music.”

“'Solja Rag' was designed for Juvenile. It wasn't one of them beats where I was gonna chop it and see who I was going give it to: it was Juvenile all over it.”

“B.I.G. was like the Alfred Hitchcock of rap. Like, this dude's story form was so nuts.”

“There are so many talented people that are on G.O.O.D. Music that it's nuts.”

“'Bling Bling' was originally a Big Tymers song.”

“A lot of artists are scared when they see trumpet players show up - they like, 'Nah, that ain't what I want.' I try to tell them, 'Dude, I'll give you trademark Mannie Fresh, but it's not about keyboards and a drum machine.'”

“The streets buy records, but they don't really buy records in incredible numbers.”

“We recorded 'Chopper City in the Ghetto' in a house that we was living in.”

“The single 'Tha Block Is Hot' was a song that was true to life.”

“Music is all I know.”

“The Cash Money sound pretty much changed the era. It kind of put the business into rap. It was like, 'Get your money, dude. This is a billion dollar business.'”

“Money makes everybody evil when you think about it.”

“'Macbeth' is one of those books that demand all of your attention.”

“When 'And Then What' was made, Jeezy already had a street appeal, but 'And Then What' put him on the national appeal.”