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

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

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

“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 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 up miserable. But it makes me a better writer.”

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

“I love rock women.”

“I love to listen to books on tape.”

“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 got to be better than her.'”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Love is boundary-less.”

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

“True artistic expression lies in conveying emotion.”