When you’re sitting in the basement trying to get on, you have no choice – you’ve gotta figure out how to make a song: ‘I’ve gotta bang on these buttons until it sounds good.’ Russ Read Quote
You can have a bunch of individually good players, but it doesn’t matter. You gotta learn to play like a team. Russ Read Quote
I don’t deviate – once you get validated for being you, I don’t know why you would deviate. I stick to my gut and my taste. Russ Read Quote
That’s the thing: I’m not opposed to working with people. I’m just not one of these people that feels the need to hop around the industry and get this guy’s beat and get this guy’s hook. Russ Read Quote
I’m not obsessed with the idea of doing what you’re supposed to be doing when you’re a rapper. Walking around with cash that you haven’t even provisioned for tax. Spending all of your time in the designer store to create some weird impression. I’m not interested, bro. I just like making music, and that’s it. Russ Read Quote
Trends die. That’s the natural thing about a trend. It’s natural for people to be followers and be sheep and go with a trend. Russ Read Quote
If you’re an artist, create music and put it out on the Internet. If you do this consistently, your fan base will continue growing, and that will power your entire career. Russ Read Quote
I think people sometimes get my message misconstrued and believe I’m trying to brag, but I’m genuinely trying to show people that you can do it all yourself, and there’s so much power and freedom in that. Russ Read Quote
