25 Quotes by Mike Dean

I grew up on a bayou. The small town that I lived in was, like, 10 miles from me. I grew up in the middle of nowhere.

I was a Dow Chemical baby. My dad designed chemical plants for Dow Chemical.

Music and motorcycles was my thing when I was a kid.

It's great to watch people come up and help mold their careers. I really took it literal when Kanye said, 'Listen to the kids, bruh.' That really means something.

I try to keep track of what the kids are doing on Soundcloud, and all the new guys coming up.

One of my favorite moments was when me and Jay-Z made a song 'For Rhyme or Reason.' It ended up on 'Reasonable Doubt,' but they switched the beat because we couldn't get clearance from my label.

People come with the record done but just need a little more sauce on top. That's what I'm good at.