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" I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where I get all my inspiration from. "

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" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" I never grew up in the Valley. I lived in Compton/Gardena my whole life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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'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. "

" Girls grab me all the time. To me, that's regular, so it's not really crazy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think whenever you're around Kanye, you gotta take notes. The advice is taking notes, because everything he does and everything he says is very detailed and very up front. He's always one hundred what he says. "

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

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

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

" You can't base your life off waking up every morning, like, 'What are people saying about me now?' Then I'd never stay in my creative headspace. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've always treated my career like independent. Everything that I got is because of myself, my own endorsements, my own touring myself. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm just not a messy person... I don't look for pleasure in social media. "

" Sour Patch, Swedish Fish. I love candy, man. I can't go without candy. And when I'm recording, I always have a TV on with cartoons - on mute, though. When I'm recording, I like to look at the TV now and then and see some crazy, wacky stuff. When you're thinking creative, it just keeps you creative. Everybody got their way of making music. "

" 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 had faith that music would be able to take me somewhere. I didn't know where. I just was like, 'Keep having faith, and any doors that open, I'll walk through them and see what happens from there.' "

" You go to Miami, and you might only hear one Tyga song on the radio. You go to L.A., and you might hear six or seven on the radio. There's certain things you do for your city. "

" 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. "