A biography for Mustardhasn’t been written yet.
“I never want to get stuck in the box.”
“You can't pick a fight with anyone doing something with your sound.”
“I used to live with YG.”
“You see so many musicians come and go. For me, it's really about the longevity in the music industry. It's not all about having a lot of hit records at one time.”
“'Ratchet' has a lot of meanings. You can be a bad ratchet or a good ratchet. You can have fun, be ghetto, and get ratchet.”
“I've been working hard to lose weight and become healthier overall. I even started putting the workouts on my Snapchat so my fans can see how dedicated I am to being better.”
“I don't want people to think that just because I do club records, I can't do an album record or an R&B single. I can do R&B, I do pop, I do whatever - but it's still Mustard.”
“I started DJing when I was, like, 11.”
“What I would tell young producers is if there is someone out there who can help you, then go work with that person.”
“I wanna be involved in everything, not just one thing.”
“When Drake sings, it makes everybody feel like they can sing. Not saying he's a bad singer - he's a good singer - but it just makes everybody feel like, 'If Drake can sing, I can sing, too.'”
“When I came in the game, it was just me making beats in Inglewood at YG's house; it wasn't nobody to help me.”
“Time repeats itself, so it's up to you to keep up with the curves of the music and keep reinventing yourself so you can be better than what you are.”
“Everybody likes good music, so when you're just playing good music and encouraging everybody to have fun, they'll have fun.”
“I'm into having a good time and showing people you can have fun. Because for a long time, the West Coast, it wasn't about having fun. It was about gang banging; it just wasn't fun no more. So now I'm bringing fun back.”
“I know that everything comes to an end. Everything is a phase.”
“I don't want to be known for only making ratchet music.”
“It's just dumb: how you can have the number 1 record in Los Angeles and not have the number 1 record in New York? It's crazy.”
“I don't really like listening to so much rap because I like to have my mind focused on what I'm doing instead of worrying about what everybody else is doing.”
“Being the new guy, you're gonna dress your best every day. When you're the cool guy, you gonna be like, 'Ah, I'm the cool guy anyway. I don't need to dress like that.'”