"I stopped a couple of times... at the end of the day you just hear music," he told the Breakfast Club radio show in his first interview since the incident.
Ten concertgoers were killed after panic broke out at the Astroworld music festival in Houston on 5 November.
Multiple lawsuits have since been filed over the tragedy.
Among those killed as a result of the crowd surge during Scott's headline set was nine-year-old Ezra Blount.
The 30-year-old musician, one of the biggest names in rap music, has been criticised for not ending his show more abruptly.