Top 85 Quotes & Sayings by Rico Nasty

Tales of Tacobella' showed that I can rap.

I met Yachty through Twitter early 2015.

Once I found art, it was a wrap.

Yachty is very wise.

At the end of the day, you have a side of the story that needs to be heard, too.

I love when people are just naturally happy people.

Growing up, my mom always knew that I was more on the Black side than the Spanish side, just because I didn't speak Spanish.

I describe my sound as sugar trap, that's not really a description that's really who I am, that's my swag, that's how I talk and walk.

I love Rihanna.

I feel very open to trying new things.

I'm actually a true lyricist.

It's very important when you in the studio to be with a confident creative.

I feel like what motivates me is what would motivate the regular average person.

Taurus and Sagittarius do not get along.

I love Beyonce. I feel like Beyonce is the final form of a person. Like, you gotta get to your Beyonce stage in life. That's your final form as a human.

I think that it is important to mingle with your peers and get to know the people that you coming up with because everything that we're doing is history.

Everything's a battle.

I got expelled from high school my freshman year.

I love that my friends understand that I'm not gonna forget about the old me.

You gotta be very positive. It helps. It really does.

When I started making music, I figured the name Rico Nasty would give a background of who I am.

I don't look at anything for who I should be.

Why still be pretty and all that when there's so many girly female rappers already? You can be a rock star instead.

It's a lot of women that was before me, it's a lot of women that's gonna come after me!

Whenever I'm around Spanish people, I'm kind of like a fly on the wall.

They're never gonna not put you in a box. It's something that they have to do, because nine times out of 10 people don't understand creativity.

The scene in the DMV now is very united. I don't know if it's for everybody but everybody is showing love, everybody is showing support. Everybody is just trying to make a name for themselves and they are willing to help other people. Everybody is willing to network and do things with people outside of who they know.

I didn't want to do music. I was very doubtful. I was like, 'Oh my God. No one wants to hear a teen mom rapper.'

I was like, weird on purpose. I wanted to be an outcast.

I made 'iCarly' when I was 18 years old.

I went with Atlantic because I got a lawyer to look at my contract and my contract was fire.

I want to bring more structure into my shows sometimes but honestly, people have told me they like the randomness and how crazy it gets.

I feel like what I'm bringing to the table that's different is like not just consistency in the music but consistency in the creativity, consistency in the visuals, in the fashion, participation with the fans and things that I give them and merch and stuff like that. And I'm very active with them.

The name Rico Nasty came from Instagram.

It's just amazing being a parent, being a little nervous at first, but then everything falls into place naturally.

When I wanted to become an artist I wanted to be versatile but at the same time, fans never know what to expect.

I grew up listening to Bob Marley, Jill Scott, Floetry, Nas, Jay-Z, Beyonce.

I plan to break the barriers that people try to trap female rappers in. This isn't about 'Oh she sounds good for a female rapper,' it's about 'Yo, she sounds really good on this and can really rap!'

I've been imagining spikes in my head since I was 13 years old.

I stopped making music for other people.

I wanted a future outside my hometown.

I really hate when I do a great song with great lyrics but my voice just don't fit because of the type of beat I picked.

People keep trying to say I'm one type of artist and I'm just not.

I'm like pixie grunge. The perfect blend of sugar and spice.

Earl Sweatshirt is very wise.

I don't want to be that stereotypical black girl that's mad all the time.

The first time my dad ever heard my mixtape it was 'Summer's Eve,' and he was fresh out of jail. And he'd be in jail for like damn near two years.

I feel like being a 2019 XXL Freshman is just, it's important for me because not too many women can say they've... gotten anything like this, not too many people from where I come from can say that they've gotten anything like this.

It's hard to be dainty and la la la when you're also supposed to be strong.

When I first knew that I wanted to rap I was seven years old and I lost the talent show. It was like spoken word or something. My mom made me do it. It was a Langston Hughes poem. The girl that came on after me, she wound up winning. She was a singer.

Some women can probably be Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, but some of us can't.

I've never been the type of person to put myself in a box.

Tierra Whack is very wise.

I'm a little bit scared of everything. It's kind of funny. Whenever people ask me how I'm feeling, I'm like, 'I don't know. I'm scared. I'm nervous.'

When I started rapping, I was like, I'ma change my name before I become famous. And that didn't happen. I didn't have time.

I thought I'd be famous for being cute.

I feel like I get a variety of people in my crowd. Because of that, there's a nice amount of Hispanic people and Latinos that come to my shows. There's also a really big amount of Black and White people.

I've been Rico since 10th grade.

I used to play Joan Jett all the time. Then, the movie 'The Runaways' came out. It was a wrap from there.

I like music where someone is trying to get their power back.