Quotes from Megan Thee Stallion

My mom was a rapper and she really shaped me as a woman, and the music that she was letting me listen to as a child really pushed me in the direction that I'm going in right now.

I love being a female rapper and embracing my sexuality.

My mom is the first female rapper I've ever known. I'm thinking, like, Okay, yeah, this is normal. Everybody's doing this.

A lot of people's favorite rappers will literally get in the booth and just make sounds.

You don't have a lot of women doing things for women, so when I'm rapping I gotta talk all this mess so the women can feel as confident and empowered as the men.

I definitely feel like people in the South are a little more raw. Our whole swag, the way we talk... When I go to the East Coast, people automatically know I'm not from there.

I'm just a real person, not a caricature.

I feel like I have to put on for my city, because we have so many legends and so many greats.

I don't really feel like I done made it all the way. I feel like, 'OK, we did this. Then we grinded enough to get to this point. Now we gotta grind enough to get bigger and bigger,' you know?

I feel like, when people realize that they are the only person they need to impress, everybody's life will be a lot smoother.

The first time I ever put on a cowboy hat for a video a lot of people on my team was like, 'Are you sure? You know, we don't want people we think we country.' I'm like, 'It's cute! I don't care what people think.'

You know how many men make music without biting each other's heads off? Why do we have to do that? There's room for everybody. I really couldn't care less what the next girl's doing. If she's shining, that's good. It's not taking away from my light.

Tina Snow' was more turnt up than anything I ever dropped, it's my alter ego.

After 'Tina Snow' dropped, I had so many performances and so many appearances, and I'm in the studio all the time.

Us boss chicks have to continue to stick together and change the game.

Honestly, I'm not going to lie. I was a good kid.

We gon' be a household name!

These other cities, soon as I walk out, they going crazy like I'm a boy band. But Houston people are chill. We can see Beyonce and be like, Aight cool.

I'm going to always have a home in Houston, I'm going to always come back.

Houston is just where the whole swag comes from, the culture. We have some of the most legendary groups and people coming out the city. I know I have big shoes to fill because these people are legends. I don't want to disappoint the city.

That's what I feel like my music represents - having no limits or restrictions.

I've been like this forever. I'm sweeter, probably, but me and my homegirls were a little buckwild, ya know? And it only got worse.

When you go to college you can just be whoever you wanna be. So I got there and I'm like, Yeah, I'ma rapper.

It's not just about being sexy, it's about being confident and me being confident in my sexuality.