I was always pretty popular, just cool with everybody.
I jumped around to different schools so I always had to adapt - remain me but pull from different avenues.
I want people to appreciate all the time and effort that I put into my art and my music.
I put a lot of fun facts in the 'Mumbo Jumbo' video.
I think people think I'm a extrovert but really I'm a introvert.
So many people compromise everything; you don't have to do that. You see one opportunity and you're scared to turn it down. You don't have to take everything that comes your way and there's always something else on the other side.
I'm most proud of making my mom happy. Really. Because she gave me life, and she supported me. So I want to be able to give back to her.
Well, I have to have some type of visual in my head to finish a song. I can't finish a song if I can't see anything.
Once I have a wig on, I become a different person. You can't get Tierra back until the wig comes off.
Playing characters is fun because you get the chance to put yourself in someone else's shoes.
I grew up around a bunch of rappers and street dudes and they were always like: 'yo! She's a little different but she's her.' They respected it because you know it wasn't forced, I wasn't posing to be something I wasn't.
As a kid, I was really shy. Technically I am still, but when I'm performing I want everybody to listen.
I was my mom's oldest child, so she was like, watching closely and taking notes, like, 'Okay, this is what she gravitates towards,' and she gave me all the tools to keep me focused. I liked to write; she got me notebooks. I wanted to draw; she got me sketch books and crayons and coloured pencils.
I never wanted to grow up. It really is a trap.
I spent a lot of time in my head, but not like caring about what everybody else thought, just literally in my own world.
If I can make it through homelessness, I can make it through anything.
Green Eggs and Ham' is fire.
I'll never be on the level of my idols.
There was a time in school where I was trying to figure out which lunch table I belonged to. Eventually, I started my own table and formed my own crew.
To be honest, I'm selfish as an artist. I'm doing what I want to do and what I want to hear.
