A biography for Mannie Freshhasn’t been written yet.
“Cash Money really had no intentions of being a rap label because when it started, it really was based on bounce. It was one bounce song after another. I started to doing bounce songs for them, and they jumped off.”
“I see how attorneys are, and nobody is really on your side. It's about money. The attorney is not chasing after your money; he's chasing after his fee.”
“If you do street music, do it. So be it. That's not me.”
“With Dr. Dre, he's a perfectionist. A lot of people ask why 'Detox' is taking so long. It's because Dre is somebody that is trying to top what he's done. Will he do it? I don't know if he ever will, but I respect that he's trying to do so. You have to wait for a masterpiece.”
“It's weird being a DJ and you have a playlist of your own songs that you could hold it down for an hour.”
“I always felt like the trumpet or trombone player was always the coolest dude in the room.”
“That's what I'm tryin' to achieve. I want to be a heavyweight in this game, and I'm tryin' to get the big money. By the same token, the title 'Big Money Heavyweight' applies to everybody in the world. That's what everybody's tryin' to achieve.”
“When a lot of people are calling it a night at 2 A.M., New Orleans is coming alive.”
“I don't trust nobody, and I mean that.”
“The whole '400 Degreez' album was inspired by what Outkast was doing, Organized Noize. That was what I was listening to around that time.”
“The thing about Big Tymers was if they said they had it, they had it.”
“With time, everything changes. I know I'm not the same person who I used to be. I totally get that.”
“Kanye inspires me through his work ethic and his approach.”
“'Chopper City in the Ghetto' - a lot of it was B.G.'s real story.”
“I always say that I'm a hip-hop fan, and I'm definitely a Drake fan.”
“'Hood Rich' was super important to Cash Money.”
“By the age of 17, Wayne was confident. He knew, 'This is what I am. I'm an MC.' You had Missy Elliott saying she loved Lil Wayne. Lyrically, he was getting better and better.”
“We still have money issues. We will always have them as long as Cash Money is selling anything that has Mannie Fresh on it.”
“Don't just sit around and wait for it to happen. 'Get Your Roll On.' If you're going to buy some rims, graduate from college, or whatever, get your roll on and make something shake.”
“With a lot of young entrepreneurs, it always start rotten, but then something good happens - but do you keep it good?”