True artistic expression lies in conveying emotion..

Being honest with the public is how they respect you..

Love is boundary-less..

I love to listen to books on tape..

I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me..

Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am..

I can choose to be happy, or choose to be miserable every day - waiting until I die..

I put everyone in my school on to Nicki Minaj before she blew up. I was obsessed with her and I was like, 'If she's the best female rapper then I've ….

I don't even really like rap music..

I don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive..

I was going to go to school to become a neurological surgeon..

You are so much more than you are in this moment; you never know how great you can be. Don't give up on you, I didn't give up on me..

I can't really even name a person I like in hip-hop music..

Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys..

I have this desire to have this immaculate form of love that really doesn't exist, so my obsession goes on through life and I never find it and I end….

I think of religion as something that stains the person. It's a mindset you can never get free from, it's always in the back of your head..

There's a huge difference between who I am when I make music and who I am the rest of the time..

I like The Smiths - I would love to do a song with The Smiths, because they are so sonically different..