I wanted to feel like an artist for once in my life. I wanted to use other producers for respect, to let them know that I listen to other people's music and that I'm just not out here on my own page.
Jermaine DupriPeople always ask me how long somebody can last as long as I've been lasting and continue to keep doing it, so I figured that people didn't really know how to do that.
Jermaine DupriI'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.
Jermaine Dupri