Metro Boomin

A lot of people are programmed to think, 'Oh, I want to do this, but I also want this.' It's like they…

— Metro Boomin

I like my name. If somebody wants to call me Leland, that's cool.

— Metro Boomin

I wanted to rap, but I needed beats. I couldn't buy any, so I just made my own.

— Metro Boomin

I'm heavily influenced by a lot of people like Dre, Pharrell, and Kanye. They're all big-time tastemakers and trendsetters, just for culture,…

— Metro Boomin

One of the things I love about music and making beats is making something and watching someone's reaction, knowing you can do…

— Metro Boomin

I started making beats when I was 13.

— Metro Boomin

School is the same as producing: If you want to make it far, there are a million, trillion people trying to do…

— Metro Boomin

You hear what Thug says in his songs - the musical level of it is so crazy that it doesn't register with…

— Metro Boomin

I try to take elements from all kinds of music. Even if I'm listening to anything off the wall, like Britney Spears,…

— Metro Boomin

Coming up, a lot of people I looked up to had a signature sound, but I came up, and I was always…

— Metro Boomin

I don't look at it as, 'Oh, I'm gonna keep making beats, and I'm gonna do that until I die.' But that's…

— Metro Boomin

Any piece of music or album or anything - I don't care what genre - in the States, a piece of it…

— Metro Boomin

In high school, for two years, I made all my beats on earbuds. I'd just guess, so the frequencies would be all…

— Metro Boomin

Ain't nothing wrong with college, but I just feel like everyone's paths are different.

— Metro Boomin

On Christmas, when I was 13, my mom got me my first laptop. I downloaded it, FruityLoops, cause I had heard about…

— Metro Boomin

The main thing about being a producer and not a beatmaker, the difference is the ear.

— Metro Boomin

I'm glad 'Honest' came out right after 'Karate Chop,' because I don't want to be seen as a one-hit wonder.

— Metro Boomin

Working with Thug and working with Future feels the same. They don't sound like each other, but their creative process and their…

— Metro Boomin

I stay positive, keep positive energy to myself.

— Metro Boomin

Really, I just sit down, mess around, and play with sounds.

— Metro Boomin

I'm always going to be heavy in producing. It's always going to come first. It never can't come first.

— Metro Boomin

When Thug hears a song, he knows how the whole shape of the thing goes. He can nudge the whole frame to…

— Metro Boomin

Future is different from a lot of artists just because of his work ethic.

— Metro Boomin

There's always something in Atlanta that's so far from people's comfort zone.

— Metro Boomin

I met Kendrick, and we were in the studio. He picked a bunch of beats out; that was great. He's a great…

— Metro Boomin