Rick Ross Quotes

I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs.

Well, Sean Paul we've always wanted to work with.

All I want to do is sing on other people's records.

It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.

That's the cool thing, when I get to work with people I love. The biggest has probably been Kris Kristofferson on 'Bloodworth.'

I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.

I produced a song for Bobby Vee called Get The Message.

I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.

I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record.

Seeing what kinds of songs work in other cities and other parts of the world was pretty eye-opening. I know it changed how I approached the second record big-time.

I love writing songs for other people, and it's an honor when someone records your songs.

I was truly honored to work with legendary DJ and producer DJ Premier. I still can't believe I have a track with Premier; it really is one of the best songs I've written in a long time.

I wrote 'Flatliner' with Dierks Bentley in mind in 2013.

I'm coming to the artist with a smash. I'm like, "Yo this is a smash. We've got to go in."

You should find the dopest producer in your area, and that producer is always going to want songs written to his beat.

Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.

Hi-Tek is on three or four songs on the new record.

I'm also working on a track for Howard Hewett, and a theme for a new NPR show.

Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.

I would definitely love to work with somebody like Jay Z or Rihanna.

I don't write all my stuff. Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I've ever had has been about 50-50 songs I've written or co-written and other people's songs.

Yeah, I came in at the end of the Notorious album, played on about five tracks and then we went on a tour. Then we did another album, Big Thing, and then we started writing songs together in 1989.

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

If you can have Ed Sheeran on your record, you may as well.

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.