“My momma wasn’t a weak person and she wasn’t a complainer. So I don’t wanna be like that.”

My mom is the first female rapper I’ve ever known. I’m thinking, like, ‘Okay, yeah, this is normal. Everybody’s doing this.’

Handle me? Who gon’ handle me? Thinking he’s a player? He’s a member of the team.

I definitely have to pray and spend a lot of time by myself when I can.

I’m always trying to one-up myself.

Honestly, I’m not going to lie. I was a good kid.

I feel like I have to put on for my city, because we have so many legends and so many greats.

I don’t hate anything about Texas. I love my state. I love my area. It’s like home.

I’m not a character, so how I rap is just an everyday thing.

It’s not just about being sexy, it’s about being confident and me being confident in my sexuality.

My favorite song used to be ‘The Nasty Song’ by this dude named Lil Ru. That was my jam!

Who else gotta stop at every mirror in the house.

Lie one more time and imma quit sparing you.

There were so many different labels coming to me and they just didn’t seem right, but 300, they wanted me bad. It felt like a family.

The first time I ever put on a cowboy hat for a video a lot of people on my team was like, ‘Are you sure? You know, we don’t want people we think we country.’ I’m like, ‘It’s cute! I don’t care what people think.’

How I am in the booth, how I am when I meet you, that’s how I am in general.

I’m not a fake person.

I don’t think you’ve ever invited me to… Calvin’s Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin’s Mom: You’re contagious! You can’t have anyone over to play!

I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.

We all seek approval, and our mother’s seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom’s blessing or not.

[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It’s me, Calvin! I was wondering if you’d like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy,

I’m very much half-American – my mom is American. I grew up in Australia until I was 16 then I finished high school over here because I got into this performing arts high school.

If you start giving your kids anxiety about food, it’s going to last a lifetime. Moms have to lead by example. Don’t say, “Oh, my jeans don’t fit,” or “Oh, I was bad.” No diets. Nothing like that.

I remember an old Singer sewing machine at home that belonged to my grandmother. It had a pedal. My mom taught me how to use it when I was 12 years old. I used to find it so intriguing, how a flat piece of material could be made into an object that had so many uses.

As much as I love being an artist, I love being a mom even more.