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" I only like people to know what I want them to know. People didn't know what Tupac was doing. That's why he was so iconic. "

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" I dropped out of high school when I was, like, 15, so I just focused on doing music. It's all I wanted to do; I didn't want to work or anything else. I took all the negativity and obstacles that came with life, and I just put it in the music. "

" The frustrating part of being an artist is that I can do a whole interview, and all most people are going to see is the headlines. As artists, we should be able to write our own headlines. "

" I've always been into dressing and being stylish because I feel like that's where I gained a lot of my confidence and swag as a rapper, so fashion goes hand-in-hand with music to me. "

" I want to make people feel certain ways when they listen to my music. Whether it's partying or going through relationship problems or grinding or getting dressed and feeling fly. I want to be who I am and have emotion in my music that affects people. "

" I have a lot of tattoos. I probably have over 100 tattoos. I don't know. It's just a mural... a collage. "

" When something is so damaged or something is just not right, you can't fix it in a moment. The only thing is time. "

" You can't live for other people, you know? You gotta live for yourself and better the people around you and make an impact. "

" I feel like too many people on the West Coast, they're too needy. They feel they need Snoop or Game. I never did any tracks with any West Coast artists. Not because I didn't want to, but because I didn't feel like that's what I had to do in order to get on. I just did music. "

" A lot of people don't know I'm from the West Coast. My swag is different. Me being from Young Money, affiliated with them, some people think I'm from down South. They think maybe I'm from New Orleans like them. It's just good to show people and build outside of Young Money, build my brand outside of that. "

" Tattoos, for me, are like a timeline of my life. I could look at a certain tattoo, and it reminds of me of a certain time in my life and why I got that tattoo. "

" Girls always want a reason to get crazy. I get the feeling that girls are crazy anyway, so they just want a reason to really get wild. Why not let it be to a Tyga song? "

" There are so many artists that inspire me, it's honestly too many names to go through. I look up to people who've been in the game for years. "

" Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you do, you'll be successful. "

" I don't follow trends. I'm a trendsetter. I represent all the younger generations; fly kids, creative kids - they look up to me. I got a program that's called ROAR. I go to all high schools everywhere we go, and I talk to all the kids, and I give away 30-35 tickets and passes to the kids doing good in school. Stuff like that means a lot to me. "

" I've always been a fan of Saint Laurent because I like how their jeans fit on me, but as far as high fashion, I don't wear too much high fashion. I like more streetwear and baggier stuff. "

" I'm a creative person, and I've got a lot of ideas. People probably thought that my mentality was quick fame because I made 'Rack City' and it blew up fast, but I have over 1,000 songs recorded. "

" As long as you know yourself and you got good people around you and you passionate about what you do, that's all that matters because at the end of the day, you go to sleep with the people you love, you wake up with the people you love, and you spend your time with the people you love. "

" Making music is like being the president: You can't tell people you're going to make health care free to get them behind you, but when you get that role, you don't do it. "

" I try to be cool with everybody, but sometimes, everybody just has different personalities, motives, and different characters. "

" Music changes every three months. There's always new artists coming out. There's always new sounds. There is always a new hit coming out. You gotta stay relevant as much as you can and feed your fans as much as you can. "

" The best career advice I've gotten is to stay focused, keep moving forward. "

" I can make any type of music, so I wouldn't want to describe myself as having one type of sound. I think music is about keeping it diverse. "

" There's not a lot of pretty, young female artists that's out. It's a lot of talent out there, but they don't know how to go about it. I feel like there should be way more sexier women in hip-hop and R&B then it is - more originality. "

" God puts us in places. It's for you to make the decision whether you go left or right. "

" I don't really know how it feels to hate on somebody else or just worry about what somebody else is doing. "

" At the end of the day, people have the right to have opinions. I have the right to have an opinion. And I have the right to say what I want on my music 'cause it's my music. If you don't like it, don't click on it, don't download it. "

" When I go home and get off tour, I'd like to have a peace of mind. I like to chill. I don't like everything to be all chaotic like how it is when I step outside, you know? "

" I'm definitely inspired by Michael Jackson. I watch all his videos all the time. And Busta Rhymes, early Busta Rhymes - I really was inspired by him. He's really the reason why I started rapping. Because all his visuals. I loved his videos when I was younger. "

" Fame is a thing that happens when you do something you love - nobody wants to be famous for the wrong reasons. It's not my goal, but if being more famous means I can get more music out, that's cool. "

" Alexander Wang, Saint Laurent, Balmain, and Goyard are my designers of choice. "