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" Guys hurt us first! There's always more to the story. We don't have that on the radio. You can't turn on the radio and hear what's really going on. You're going to hear the perspective from a guy. "

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" When I was 16, I was doing what was popular. If I could go back, I would tell myself to not be afraid to be alone and not to follow others so much. "

Tink

Doing

Back

Myself

" Women all have our hard days, and we have our soft days. And there's a lot of music that doesn't make us feel as beautiful and good as we are. "

Tink

Beautiful

Women

" I have some talent. So, I'm going to show it off. No matter what, I'm gonna keep going. "

" I really feel like females have to go 50 extra miles. Not just one - 50 extra miles to be accepted or taken seriously. "

Tink

Just

Feel

" When Nicki was putting out mixtapes, she was the only female rapper that had any kind of buzz. And not to mention that she was on the track with the guys, you know? So you had the girls playing it, and you had the hood guys playing it, too, so you couldn't run away from Nicki. "

" When you think Tink, you should just think of me as that around-the-way girl - relatable and honest. Even in my lifestyle, my entire aura is real. I don't sugarcoat anything, whether I'm on stage or home in Chicago or just behind the scenes just chilling. I'm the same person you see on stage, always. "

" As a female, we always have to be labeled this new female rapper. It's never like, 'I heard this rapper Tink.' It's always, 'I heard a female rapper.' "

" To stand out, I just use my talents. I rap, and I sing as well. With that being said, people kind of know me for bringing that emotion in music. "

Tink

Music

Know

" I have to break down the barriers as a female. I have to work 30 times harder just for respect. "

" There's not really too many artists that young girls and young people can look up to and be inspired by. So I take it as my responsibility, sometimes, to be the person who has the voice to give people some truth about what we're doing. "

" It's easy for guys to listen to another guy for support, but if it's a female, they seem to shy away from it, like they don't want to be a sucker, you know what I'm saying? So we kind of got to go harder. "

" Tink is the voice of the youth. I'm not one of those artists who talks about unrealistic things or fairy tales. I'm not talking about expensive things and cars. I'm actually talking about what's going on in my life and every teenager's life, too. "

" When people listen to artists, and you turn on the radio, it's a lot of gimmicks. And that's real. So I take it like there's nobody keeping it honest and truthful no more, especially as far as young teenagers and females. "

" I don't ever want to lose my rawness or whatever. That makes a person special. "

" Working with Timbaland, he gives me insight; he throws me different ways to approach the beat, and those extra tips go a long way. I know that he's worked with some of the greats, so it's just motivation. I feel inspired when we're in the booth together. "

Tink

Long

Know

" I'm in my own little lane, doing just me. I don't have to fit in. "

" Chicago is a rough city. It made me raw. "

Tink

Chicago

Raw

" Right now, black female artists are the most interesting people to think about. People are ready to hear whatever we're gonna say, and I'm not scared to say anything. "

" Chicago's known for the drill. Keefs, Lil Durks, and whatnot. My music, on the other hand, it has a message to it. I think that's what sets me apart. I think it gets deeper than saying anything on a trap beat. I'm putting stories together, and people are relating to what I am saying. "

" I can write a love song or a ballad, or when I read something and it pisses me off, I know how to go in. "

Tink

Love

Song

" You don't need to depend on a label, because you're making that money on your own. "

" Coming up as a female rapper - well, a female artist in general - everything is just so black and white. "

" Country singers put a lot of soul into their songs, and I enjoy that. "

" Singing actually came first. As a kid, I grew up singing in church and around the house. "

" When you listen to my songs, you hear messages and real stories. That's what's setting me apart. "

" I go hard for the ladies so we have some music to relate to. "

Tink

Relate

Ladies

" I know for a fact I've put in the same amount of hours as every up-and-coming male rapper right now, if not more. I'm a feminist with regard to my music and the music industry. "

Tink

Music

Rapper

" Females - we go just as hard as the guys, if not harder. "

Tink

Harder

Hard

" When I'm rapping, like, a turn up song, I'm thinking about what the people want to hear; this is what they're going to like. When I'm singing, I'm, like, telling my story. I'm not worried if people like it; I'm just trying to be truthful, you know what I'm saying? I'm just talking about something that happened to me. "

" The more I got into my artistry, I got a bigger responsibility: the kids in Chicago, they look up to the rappers. We influence them. "