Rida: "I like to take music from everywhere and put it in my style and let it be accepted."

Rida: "Growing up in Miami, having these different cultures and being inspired in so many ways musically has let me have a very long career, 'cause just when you think I'm gonna do this type of record, I go and do something else."

Rida: “I’m a perfectionist, and I’m not going to let the world hear a record until it’s ready.”

Rida: "The fans are always at the hotel waiting, they like to get pictures and autographs. I enjoy it all, the displays of love and support at the hotel and the shows."

Rida: “Giving is most important to show the less fortunate that you don’t give up. You always want to live a better life.”

Rida: “If they can go out and buy my albums, I can at least make the sacrifice to holler at the few people who call. A lot of times I’m busy so they’ll get my voice mail. And if I can speak to them and I have time, I always text back. Because I think that’s very important.”

Rida: “I love to do something that’s challenging to myself, and just to see the success, it makes me go harder and harder the next time.”

Rida: “I’ve always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I’ve been doing that from day one.”

Rida: "You know since day one a lot of people, you know, ask how I'm still around... [it's] because I'm a team player."

Rida: “I definitely want my fans to know that I’m here to stay, and I’m going to continue to give them hot music.”

Rida: "As a kid in the projects, I always looked forward to spring break. We'd either have cousins visiting us for the week from up north, and we'd all play sports together, or sometimes I'd go to Vero Beach and hang with my cousins there."

Rida: “Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.”

Rida: “I’m just not sticking to one thing. I like to have fun with it. I like to spread myself in many ways, so you’re gonna get all types of music.”

Rida: "It's always overwhelming when you come to another country and you're embraced in such a positive way."

Rida: “I like to take music from everywhere and put it in my style and let it be accepted.”

Rida: “I write all the time, even if it means recording in the hotel room. I write on the plane, anywhere, anytime I’m inspired or have ideas.”

Rida: “When I found out that my mom was sneaking listening to my music, I decided to make sure that my music is very clean.”

Rida: “I’m not the only one in the studio a lot of times, so I have my boys in there and they’ll tell me and give me their suggestions and what they think.”

Rida: “Music is my life, and if I like a song, chances are the world will also.”

Rida: “My first love was basketball, but that wasn’t gonna launch me, and I knew I had to get into other things. So me and my friends, we started making mix CDs and going down to South Beach or to the parking lot at Pitbull concerts to spend all night hustling.”