“I don’t look at myself as a designer; I’m focused on music.”

I’m big on diversity. My music is very diverse; I don’t want it to ever be typecasted.

My music isn’t rappity-rap-rap-rap.

I really can’t speak on others, but in a sense, I feel like every artist always has their problems with the industry because we all want to have our creative way.

I consider myself an artist, which is, like, the most played term, but I believe it.

If she bad, she gets a pass into the tour.

I’m not a gangsta.

Yes, money is important. But it’s all about the creative process.

I remember my mom bought me one of their shirts for Easter so that I could wear Helmut Lang for Easter. That was my first piece.

My whole story is straight mythical. It’s tangible, but it’s also what life could be.

Every time I go into the studio, it’s some next level, man.

I was a smart kid. I went to a private school in middle school and got kicked out.

I’m a magician, like David Blaine. I could never fall.

I’m attached to the beat. The best speaks words. I love Music.

I feel like Houston is one of the leading things in music culture. Everyone loves the Houston culture. It needs to have its own monument, its own moment for artists like me, artists like Beyonce who set it off.

I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It’s very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It’s not really based on a label anymore. Everything is pretty much in the control of the artist. Which is amazing.

Beyonce is, like, the highest level. We all reach that level.

Design my own line? No, I just like the culture.

I wouldn’t mind collaborating with anybody, but I don’t want to design anything, I’m not a fashion designer.

The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.

Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.

I’ve been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too – what I should wear.

I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.

All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can’t design anything without thinking of how a woman’s body will look and move when she’s wearing it.