I think that the sound that the world knows as trap music is the sound that Gucci and I created. Zaytoven More Quotes by Zaytoven More Quotes From Zaytoven I use a lot of piano riffs in my production, and someone who I was working with said that I played so good that it sound like Beethoven. Zaytoven someone good sound said I tell people that it's one thing to have the gift and the talent and work hard but another thing to have the favor of God in making it all work, and I think all those are factors. Zaytoven gift god work people The reason I still go play the organ at church every Sunday and dedicate my talents to God first is because I feel like that's the reason why I'm who I am today. Zaytoven i-am feel god today I listen to a lot of music... but there still hasn't been a project yet that touches me like 'Beast Mode' has. Zaytoven listen me beast music 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. Zaytoven know you music hair People looked at me - people still look at me - as 'this is Gucci Mane's producer.' But the music that me and Future put together was so different than what me and Gucci do, it just made people look at the music like, 'Hold on - Zaytoven is the real deal.' Zaytoven me future music people Just the instrumentation of the whole 'Beast Mode' made people open up and respect me in a whole other way. With Gucci, I don't use as many instruments. I don't play the piano as much because that's not really the style of music that me and Gucci have built. Zaytoven me respect style music I've been doing this since 'So Icy' back in 2005. Zaytoven doing been back icy The music business, a lot of times, has a big finesse mentality to it. Zaytoven big mentality music business I like to introduce people to each other, especially in the hip-hop community. Zaytoven hip-hop like community people When I was a youngster, I might have been about 17 or 18 when I first started making beats. Zaytoven making started about first 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. Zaytoven me hustle money house When people wanna come buy beats or wanna record a song, I'm trappin'. Zaytoven buy come song people Most artists value my opinion a lot, and I think that's due to 'Beast Mode.' Zaytoven value think beast opinion I have a church background. I've been playing piano and keyboard and organ all my life in church. Zaytoven background my-life church life Anything that me and Gucci do is never thought out or planned real deeply. We always just go off of what we feeling. It's sporadic. Zaytoven feeling never thought me I started with the organ and drums, and I later got into drum machines as a teenager. Zaytoven drum got started machines I play the piano, but I'm not classically trained. Zaytoven trained piano play I started producing in California, and they called it mob music. When I moved to Atlanta, the sound was different. People in Atlanta didn't like to rap over West Coast beats. So I had to make adjustments to what was going on in the South. Zaytoven like music sound people When me and Gucci sit down, I make tracks real fast, and he can write songs real fast. Zaytoven sit down me real
