Top 90 Rick Ross Quotes

I ain’t gon’ lie. I got love for Solange. She look sexy to me.

For anybody that grow a beard or have hair on their face, I welcome you to the beard game. We’re all family. I encourage that. I encourage beards.

My mom’s the best.

Def Jam is an iconic label.

When I was coming up in Miami, the music in the city at the time sounded completely different. I loved it, but it just wasn’t the type of music I wanted to make. I wanted my wordplay to be more sophisticated. I wanted the sound to be more lush. I wanted my music to sound like who I was and aspired to be – boss.

I respect the Grammys, being a writer. But me being an artist representing hip hop? No.

Five years before ‘Port of Miami,’ I was to a point where I may have even felt like quitting… the style and the wordplay of my lyricism was more complex than what Miami was used to.

Anybody that really know me know that I love to make a lot of content, make a lot of music.

‘Rather You Than Me’ just speaks for my natural instinct to survive, but it’s also me being a writer, me being a poet – there’s also a beautiful side to ‘Rather You Than Me.’

I love Adele. When I see her, I may kiss Adele.

When you walk in a room, the room should feel that this guy’s different. What does he do? Who is he? And that’s confidence, not cockiness.

With me being an artist that took over a decade to get on, there’s so many different things that I have in common with artists that’s struggling to get on.

If I quit all the things I loved cold turkey, I knew it would only be so long before I went back to my old ways.

I realized that my success comes from doing the things I love most.

I’m extremely happy with ‘Maybach Music V.’

I’m extremely happy with ‘Maybach Music V.’

When you walk in a room, the room should feel that this guy’s different. What does he do? Who is he? And that’s confidence, not cockiness.

With me being an artist that took over a decade to get on, there’s so many different things that I have in common with artists that’s struggling to get on.

As I was finishing high school, ‘Fresh Prince’ was, by far, out front. The generation before me, it may have been the Huxtables, but for me and my homies, Fresh Prince.

If you set a regimen up, you can lose weight. I grinded my weight off.

Some of my best friends are white.

Rest in peace B.I.G. He was the greatest and made incredible music.

Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.

My kids love me. I’m blessed.

For anybody that grow a beard or have hair on their face, I welcome you to the beard game. We’re all family. I encourage that. I encourage beards.

I love the story of ‘Lamborghini Doors,’ a record with Meek Mill and myself – it came together when I went to visit him during his incarceration.

I love my beard.

I love pears. Most definitely – it’s a fact.

What makes ‘Maybach Music V’ so special was, of course, I put the album out celebrating my daughter’s birthday as well, and DeJ Loaf is her favorite artist. So ‘Maybach Music V,’ I wanted a real airy type of feel. Just a real slow vibe to it that’s also going to surprise my daughter. So that’s real special.

As artists, we are blessed to be able to make money but, on the same note, are held accountable for our federal tax obligations just like everyone else.

When you face obstacles or go through different phases, I always relied on my music. I depend on my music, my teammates. So at the end of the day, having incredible music, for me, would keep me in the space I want to be as an artist.

Capital Cities – the rock group – I’m a huge fan of theirs.

My father wasn’t there the majority of the time. My father, someone who I always honored and looked up to, had been in the military; he had been to war. I would hear stories about different experiences he went through, but as I got older, my father moved away.

When I first came to Def Jam, in ’06, all we ever did was win, put up big numbers.

Being a big guy, you face certain challenges. Over time, though, women found excuses to find me attractive.

Blast my record out the windows of your Honda Accord. And if anyone gives you grief, you look them right in the eye and tell them Rick Ross told you wealth begins in the heart.

Really, every day is the perfect day to boss up. Every day that you wake up is a perfect day to boss up. It’s all about continuing to put one foot in front of the next. That’s what it’s about. Whatever you think you’re going through, just put one foot in front of the next.

I do see a lot of young artists who write records or sacrifice records, because there are a lot of older artists who are preoccupied; they don’t have as much time as they used to to be in the studio.

MMG for life.

I really savor the times of me and all my best friends and family members getting together.

Where I come from – it’s nothing to glorify.

My father watched all the ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Star Wars’ that you could imagine, along with the martial arts. So I was into all that as a youngster, and I always rooted for the bad guy.

I feel like I can make records where, you know, I can get in the alley and exchange bars with Styles P, but I can also get in the studio and create a classic with Rihanna.

I believe everybody got the right to live their own life the way they want to.

As artists, we are blessed to be able to make money but, on the same note, are held accountable for our federal tax obligations just like everyone else.

I’m a big chicken guy, and Wingstop chicken wings are my number one go-to, so I just got involved with the company. I purchased a few franchises myself. I like to consider myself a global brand ambassador.

When I was sitting at home watching ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as a kid, seeing the bright jackets excited me.

It’s pretty much a given known fact in the industry that before I was successful, I wrote for other artists.

What I did in ’06 with ‘Port of Miami’ was classic for that era, for that time frame, and in 2017, ‘Rather You Than Me’ will be the same.

When I make music and I’m talking on records, it’s like I’m painting a picture. In my mind, I’m seeing a film.

Puff Daddy is a great party thrower. He goes down in the history books.

John Legend is brilliant. I feel he may be my best collaborator when it comes to delivering that undeniable soulful sound, and he does it in such a classy way.

Everybody who know Rick Ross know that, for one, I love creating music, and one of the biggest impacts we have on the game was the fact that when we came into the game, artists was waiting two to three years to put out albums. I was one of the few that put out an album every year along with two or three mixtapes.

Watching dudes come up is one of my biggest joys.

Miami is a party city, a go-fast city.

My mom’s the best.

Money doesn’t make me – I make the money.

The rollout of a classic has to have the heart of all the people working it. There’s no way they can have their heart in it if they don’t believe in it.

What I did in ’06 with ‘Port of Miami’ was classic for that era, for that time frame, and in 2017, ‘Rather You Than Me’ will be the same.

I just love Wingstop.

I love Adele. When I see her, I may kiss Adele.

If you’re a battle rapper on the block, the emcee battle challenger, not writing your rhymes could really hurt you. When you’re an artist where maybe the focus is really the talent and the different things you bring to the game, I believe it’s more understandable.

When Rick Ross made ‘Hustlin’,’ Rick Ross also helped those producers become some of the biggest producers in the world.

At the end of the day, I’m the biggest boss. I’m self-made.

I believe in building your foundation – if your foundation is not rich, then you are far from rich.

I would never advocate violence on Trump or anyone.

I embraced EDM from the beginning.

I used to eat big meals at 2 A.M. and base it on my schedule. But I don’t do that no more.

‘Rather You Than Me’ just speaks for my natural instinct to survive, but it’s also me being a writer, me being a poet – there’s also a beautiful side to ‘Rather You Than Me.’

I think we all have a right to bear arms, whichever amendment that is.

I ain’t trying to keep up with the trends – the hats, the hair colours, the dress codes.

It’s pretty much a given known fact in the industry that before I was successful, I wrote for other artists.

My kids love me. I’m blessed.

Miami is a party city, a go-fast city.

Money doesn’t make me – I make the money.

When I was coming up in Miami, the music in the city at the time sounded completely different. I loved it, but it just wasn’t the type of music I wanted to make. I wanted my wordplay to be more sophisticated. I wanted the sound to be more lush. I wanted my music to sound like who I was and aspired to be – boss.

At the end of the day, I’m the biggest boss. I’m self-made.

My mom’s a hustler. She a grinder.

I was a real avid ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ fan. I think I may know every episode.

I live on an island, and it’s difficult to find.

I’ve been wearing Reebok my whole life.

Where I come from – it’s nothing to glorify.

I remember the first time eating my chef’s Caesar salad. It was just like one of those moments in the movie theater when everything gets quiet.