Zaytoven

“To me, my studio is my trap house. That's where I trap out of; that's where I hustle. That's where I make my money.”

“It's been a blessing that I can provide for my family just by doing music. I never thought this would ever be my occupation.”

“I listen to a lot of music... but there still hasn't been a project yet that touches me like 'Beast Mode' has.”

“The most memorable part of filming 'Finesse,' I'd have to say, was the kissing scene. It was just so odd for me.”

“I'm always up for the challenge of doing more and doing different things. I love being inspired like a new producer all over again.”

“Gucci is a guy that promoted me to the fullest. It don't matter where we go.”

“When I actually first moved to Atlanta, I was cutting hair. I was making beats and making music out in the Bay Area. But I came here to make - you know, I had to get my barber license, so I was cutting hair.”

“Trap music, to me, is hustling music.”

“When I was cutting hair, I felt like that was my trap. I started selling haircuts. I started selling beats; that's me trapping. So trap music is like hustling music to me.”

“If you listen to my early music, I didn't know how to mix. I barely knew how to record for real, and I didn't care.”

“Guys like Future and me, we help create and shape the sound of music - not just Atlanta music, but music all over. If you really pay attention to the music being made, a lot of that is very heavily influenced by the stuff that we created. I listen to so many songs that's like, 'Damn, this sounds like my music!'”

“When you take your music around to your people in the city or your label, and don't nobody like it, but you really like it, and you like, 'Dang, these folks don't hear what I hear.'”

“I've been doing this since 'So Icy' back in 2005.”

“Atlanta can do crunk music, it can do snap music, it can do swag music. Atlanta has it all.”

“When people wanna come buy beats or wanna record a song, I'm trappin'.”