Quotes from Chanel West Coast

Just growing up and maturing has made my music so much better.

Many artists feel resistance on the way up.

I'm just - like, I'm just very over the whole superficial life and world we live in.

I've never been on a dating app, so I don't really know the difference between swiping left or right, LOL.

It's hard being a woman in this industry, period. A lot of the time, guys make you feel like you need to hook up with them - especially as an artist - producers and other artists trying to collaborate with them, they make you kinda feel sometimes you need to hook up with them or flirt with them just to make a song.

I remember I rapped for a friend, and my friend really encouraged me and was blown away, like 'Whoa, that was dope!' Ever since then, I kept going.

I've been pursuing music since I was 14.

You don't ever have to feel pushed into anything.

I just wanted to express myself and put out music of how I'm feeling - give back to my fans and gain new ones in the process.

When I was, like, 8/9, I was obsessed with Jonathon Taylor Thomas and the band Hanson.

I don't just rap - I sing and I dance as well.

My real, full name is Chelsea Chanel Dudley. In my opinion, Chelsea Dudley does not sound like a rapper. So I was like, 'You know what? Imma drop both of those names and just go by Chanel.'

I always wrote poems when I was a little girl, and I loved hip hop music, and I kind of just started writing poems over beats, and that's when I started rapping.

When I first started rapping, I was like, 'I'm gonna be, like, the female Eminem.'

It's not easy to go from reality TV to being taken seriously as an artist, so I don't think I'll be doing reality TV again because of that.

Honestly, the biggest setback to my music career was people's perception that I was a reality TV star, not a rapper.

I'd rather be busy, working non-stop, than being bored at home, you know?

Music is what I do pretty much all the time. I'm always in the studio. I'm always rehearsing for shows. Always doing shows.

It's hard being a woman in the hip-hop game, but I'm lucky to have good people around me who have had my back.

I think hip-hop doesn't give women as much of a chance as it gives guys.

I know what it's like to have guys make you feel like you need to flirt with them or be sexy or hook up with them or something, and you don't have to do those things. You just have to be strong and stand your ground.

I'm really excited about 'Love & Hip Hop.'

I'm a girl, and I like girly things even though I'm a tomboy also, you know?

I think the only way to get attention is to act like a complete ignorant fool.