“One thing that I do want to say is Drake, as an artist, anybody has to respect him. He’s in the game, and he’s been in the game – he has longevity, even if he doesn’t write or writes his music.”

Adapt to yourself, bro. What I wanna say is don’t let nobody tell you that you should stay in your lane, bro.

A lot of us have energy that we can tap into. We sell ourselves short.

I have ‘Very Rare’ tatted on my face.

There’s really nobody who taught me how to dress.

I have a song called ‘Young Voorhees,’ because I like to call myself the new Jason Voorhees, and it samples ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog.’

I’m gonna keep Very Rare as a street brand. I wanna make a new clothing brand and group. It’s gonna be more… high fashion.

You have to be strong for people when you don’t wanna be strong. You have to be clean-showered, clean, clean-cut for people. You have to set an example.

I hate anything that seems like something that has been done.

Timbaland is my favorite producer.

I want to make people have fun again and show people that people can just rap and snap.

I don’t like being categorized as a rapper. I make music; I don’t just rap.

I used to really like Method Man and Redman for some reason. And Fabolous. A lot of New York rappers, too. Cam’ron. Jim Jones. Hurricane Chris.

I don’t want to ever be categorized. I want to be able to hit every genre.

I want to make theme-setting music, music that sets a theme without being cliche.

Every time before I go on stage, I’m nervous.

If you see somebody dressing like me, you know they’re purposely trying to dress like me because I dress like nothing.

The art of missing you, crafted to perfection. – artisan.

Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.

I want to be role model for people to be like, ‘I don’t need a major label to be a successful artist and to have a successful song.’

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.

The scientist needs an artistically creative imagination.

For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.

The artist shall never run out of paint. Because the artist, my love, never runs out of pain.

You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.