What I would tell young producers is if there is someone out there who can help you, then go work with that person.

Mustard

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Everybody likes the new guy. Being the new guy is cool. But then when you're there for a couple months, you're just the cool guy. I think I'm just the cool guy.

new cool think you

As long as you have a percentage of a song, that lasts forever. You have to study the business. Don't just be in it for money. You have to understand what you're in it for, then get your money.

you money business song

Don't let this music industry or any industry come between friendship. Just stay focused on your goals.

goals stay-focused music friendship

Me and my little cousin DJ John John, we used to always be DJing in the house. We never took it seriously.

dj never me house

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.'

dress best day cool

I think that you're only going to get better if you take time to better yourself, not because someone says you should get better.

yourself think you time

My uncle is just, like, always pushing me to be better, be a man, and showing me the ropes of the game.

better game me man

I'm getting too much money to be fighting people.

too-much money fighting people

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.

new you crazy dumb

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.

think single i-can people

I'm just real in-tune with music - I really listen to R&B more than I listen to rap.

listen more music real

Diplo is one of my homies.

I just wanted to do my own albums where nobody could tell me what to do. Roc Nation was the perfect fit because I could do what I wanted to do.

nation nobody me my-own

10 Summers isn't just a label, it's a lifestyle.

summers label just lifestyle

I actually care about my shows.

actually about care shows

I thought I was going to be YG's DJ forever. I didn't plan on producing; I just picked up producing and got good at it.

dj plan thought good

You can't stop what God wants to happen.

happen stop you god

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.

nobody game me house

Everybody knows YG is a turnt up dude that can't nobody control.

dude control nobody up

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.

good you time people