“When you’re a college student interested in music, you hear all these rappers talking about dropping out. For me, when I heard someone like J. Cole rapping about school and staying in school, it inspired me to keep going.”

I enjoy the life I have now, but I also enjoy doing regular stuff. I can’t pull up to the club and stay outside no more. I can’t be at anybody’s table. A picture or video can go viral, and it can be misinterpreted.

I want to encourage the artists that haven’t made it that social media is the truth. I made it from Instagram to having a most-added song to radio.

If you’re really listening there are alot of hidden messages in my songs.

I went from being a hustler, working different jobs to renting rooms off Craigslist, and I just wasn’t happy.

A lot of women reach out to me and tell me my music has given them the courage and confidence to break up with not just any boyfriend, but an unhealthy relationship

It used to take me a really long time, and I used to not be able to write in the studio because I felt there was a lot of pressure to be perfect. The more I’m collaborating with other artists, the more I realize being in the studio is about catching a vibe.

Around the time that I was in high school, a lot of rappers were coming out with mixtapes of them rapping over other people’s instrumentals, specifically Young Money.

I want to encourage the artists that haven’t made it that social media is the truth.

Although I had the label of being the ‘pretty girl rapper with a lot of followers,’ I just broke the rules.

I like it to look natural, to be smooth, dewy glowy. I like my eyebrows to look nice and I love lip gloss. That’s essential to the Saweetie look.

What I love about my audience is it’s extremely diverse as far as the ethnicities and the ages that show up.

My schedule is very busy, but when I get time to sit and think about all the great things that have happened to me, it’s just mind-blowing.

I feel like an EP is for practice and an album is the game.

Especially as an artist, the creative freedom we have makes us who we are. We’re human beings-we’re gonna mess up sometimes. I definitely feel like people should continue being who they are. As long as you’re staying true to who you are, that’s super important.

Hella dapper all summer.

People had boxed me in as a ‘pretty girl with followers that’s.

Don’t be different just for different’s sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

You will never be greater than the thoughts that dominate your mind.

We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again.

We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

There’s always tomorrow and it always gets better.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.