“My formula is not thinking about what I'm doing; it's about still havi...” — Zaytoven Quote

My formula is not thinking about what I'm doing; it's about still having fun and making music. I don't go into the studio with a thought pattern or certain goals in mind - sometimes I'll start with drums, other times I'll start with the piano - but it's all done spontaneously, so nothing is premeditated, and nothing takes a long time.

I almost never pitch myself. Me being an independent producer, never having a manager and never being signed, I pretty much just did my own thing: go out and search for the new talent, and when the new talent blows up, it just kinda brings everyone else to me.

For a producer, I've been behind the scenes my whole career.

In Atlanta, I went to barber school. That's how I met everyone I know in Atlanta, by cutting hair.

I can play anything - piano, drums, guitar, harp - I can even play a trumpet through another trumpet.

With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house.

I come from hip hop for sure, and there are basic elements of that, but then I'll take from somewhere else, like samba, and do it with trap drums. I like going places other people haven't gone before.

I began playing drums when I was seven and guitar when I was fourteen, but it wasn't until the early '90s that I took music seriously.

I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.