Young M.A

“The good thing about having a hit record is you don't need too many people. Because now your record is on fire, and I already have a great team around me, so why run to the labels?”

“I do want to get more involved with clothing, TV shows, movies.”

“Black, white, Chinese, it don't matter - I've been told by multiple people that I'm very inspiring to them, and it makes them want to achieve whatever they can achieve.”

“I don't fear nobody, and that's how I live my life. I live my life with no fears.”

“In New York City, it's popular. I used to think to myself, 'Man, there's a lot of gay people out here.' And it had me comfortable: it was like, I can be myself! I used to still try to hide it, until it was really overwhelming - there were just too much girls attracted to me!”

“I always knew I would be a star someday. I didn't know when. I didn't know how it would look. I just had a feeling.”

“If I was to try putting makeup all over my face, it would look weird. People would be like, 'That's not Young M.A. That's not her style; that's not her soul.' I'd just rather be natural.”

“Growing up, I never expressed myself to nobody. I never told nobody when something was wrong.”

“For the sexuality thing, I really feel like the reason I speak so blunt about it is because I held it in for so long. I never told my mom. I never told my family. I kept it to myself. Now, I'm happy with who I am. Either you accept it, or you don't. There's a lot of rappers out there that's like that, but no one's stepping up.”

“I try to make music for people to relate to, and I like to keep it realistic.”

“All I do is work, work, work.”

“I still feel normal. Like, I don't feel like I'm a superstar.”

“If I'm not driving a Ferrari or a Lambo, I'm not gonna talk about it in my raps.”

“We are all people... don't label me as an LGBT rapper or a female rapper... I don't like to be labeled.”

“My brother and I always had conversations about me being a rapper. I always used to tell him, 'I'm gonna be the hottest rapper.'”

“I was always a tomboy. I always wanted to be around the boys, always wanted to play sports - basketball, football, kickball, whatever it was. I was real aggressive. I wanted to be around the bros!”

“If I change people's lives, that's all that matters to me.”

“I'ma always stick to my roots, but whatever life brings, that's what is meant.”

“I used to listen to Jay Z a lot.”

“My mom used to always play hip-hop around the crib, but moreso than that, she played reggae, and I grew up on reggae music more than I grew up on hip-hop.”