Saweetie: “I make music for people to relate to and to connect with me. I want to tap into different emotions.”

Saweetie: “In the beginning, I took on every opportunity because I was so determined to get my name and music out there. You can get your sleep, but honestly, your brain needs a break, too, and so many people forget that.”

Saweetie: “I know where I wanna end up. I’m ready to go, and I’m ready to learn. I’m ready to build, and I’m ready to establish my longevity.”

Saweetie: "I like working with people who are passionate about what I'm doing. I'm super passionate about music, so I want to make sure my colleagues and people on my team are the same, as well. I'm a very hands-on artist, so I don't give my work to my team."

Saweetie: “My schedule is very busy, but when I get time to sit and think about all the great things that have happened to me, it’s just mind-blowing.”

Saweetie: "Growing up with a house full of women and seeing them look good no matter what they put on every morning just inspired me to look good myself."

Saweetie: “I’m the type of person where I’ll take on anything because I like to work so much.”

Saweetie: "I don't want to be super serious but I want to have fun with my platform. I want to touch people, I want to be relatable and let girls know that you can go to college and still pursue what you want after that."

Saweetie: "Me wanting to be an artist never really faded away. I knew that no matter what else I tried to pursue, my passion was always that."

Saweetie: "High maintenance means a lot of care. My relationships are high maintenance, my body is high maintenance, and my soul is high maintenance. I really care about my friends and my family; I eat good; I pray a lot. So it's like, I really care about my relationships with my family, my friends, my body and my soul."

Saweetie: "I stopped listening to a lot of music because I wanted to become more comfortable with what I naturally sound like."

Saweetie: “I encountered producers who wanted to hang out after we worked, and when I refused, they wouldn’t let me come back and work again… I would’ve have way more opportunities if I had succumbed. But it never felt right. I always felt like I was going to be successful, and I didn’t want to compromise my morals.”

Saweetie: "I just love seeing my audience live, and I also love to see my peers perform because it inspires me to be a better performer as well."

Saweetie: "My grandma told me that to be wealthy you need at least seven streams of income, so that’s my goal. I have a big family. I want to take care of everybody."

Saweetie: "If you're really listening there are alot of hidden messages in my songs."

Saweetie: "My dream school was USC. So I was like, alright, I'm going to apply to USC, and If I don't get in - I'm dropping out of school, and I'm pursuing music. So I applied, and I got in. I was like alright, I'm at the number one communications school in the country, and that was my major."

Saweetie: "Content is what's super important and people want to see you performing your records. That has a stronger impact."

Saweetie: “I performed in high school for Black History Month at a talent show, but besides that, I didn’t have the resources to perform so I spent my time as a teenager writing music.”

Saweetie: “I went from being a hustler, working different jobs to renting rooms off Craigslist, and I just wasn’t happy.”

Saweetie: “We all want to be identified as someone cool, and I have struggled with repping where I’m from and my heritage before. It’s part of growing pains. But when people see me being proud of what I am – and they are what I am too – it makes them proud. That’s why I try to represent my Asian and my black side.”

Saweetie: “I would describe my music as very honest. I just rap about myself, and not in a narcissistic way. I feel like I have a story to tell.”

Saweetie: “With a lot of attention comes criticism, but I’ll take that. I’m reaching all the goals I’ve set for myself, so you can’t say anything bad about that.”

Saweetie: "I feel like an EP is for practice and an album is the game."

Saweetie: "Y'all should be happy for me. It's funny, compared to my peers, my catalog isn't even that big, but I'm still getting a lot of notoriety because my songs do really well. I'm working hard and minding my own business and trying to do something I'm super passionate about."

Saweetie: "You have to be unapologetically yourself. Once I was able to be proud of myself, it came across in my music really clearly."

Saweetie: “And I get so nervous now when it’s not my show like I’m not the headliner because I know that those fans are there for another artist. Many people might not know an upcoming artist, but I’ve grown to like those shows because if I can control a crowd that doesn’t know me, I’m doing my job as an entertainer. I have to rise to the occasion.”

Saweetie: “People had boxed me in as a ‘pretty girl with followers that’s rapping,’ but I think my project and the work speaks for itself.”

Saweetie: “I think because I went to school and because I’m a student, I’m so open and I’m a sponge, and I just wanna learn everything to make sure everything is perfect.”

Saweetie: “I grew up dying my hair with Kool-Aid. I used to switch my hair up every day just to make myself look and feel good.”

Saweetie: “I was working three jobs and going to school full time. I was really unhappy and I told myself, You are not this girl. This sounds corny but I would tell myself, You are an Icy Girl. I’m a confident person, but that was the first time I experienced insecurity and low self-esteem.”

Saweetie: “I welcome criticism. I come from a – I wouldn’t say mean, but you’ve got to have tough skin to be in my family.”

Saweetie: “I was already writing poetry, so I transitioned from writing poetry a cappella to writing over beats, and it was way more exciting to me that way.”

Saweetie: “I wish I could be more carefree. I grew up fast.”

Saweetie: “I enjoy the life I have now, but I also enjoy doing regular stuff. I can’t pull up to the club and stay outside no more. I can’t be at anybody’s table. A picture or video can go viral, and it can be misinterpreted.”

Saweetie: “I’m a huge fan of hot Cheetos. I used to eat them for breakfast.”

Saweetie: “Especially as an artist, the creative freedom we have makes us who we are. We’re human beings-we’re gonna mess up sometimes. I definitely feel like people should continue being who they are. As long as you’re staying true to who you are, that’s super important.”

Saweetie: “What I love about my audience is it’s extremely diverse as far as the ethnicities and the ages that show up.”

Saweetie: “I grew up all around the Bay, but I spent most of my time in Hayward and I loved it. It was a really big apartment community, there was a whole bunch of kids.”

Saweetie: “If I want to listen to myself as much as I want to listen to Drake or Beyoncé, I feel like that’s a good sign.”