Top 45 Quotes by Awkwafina

I grew up thinking Margaret Cho and Lucy Liu were my idols because that's it.

I grew up two train stops from where A Tribe Called Quest grew up, and one stop from Nas.

When I went to college, it became more of a hobby, and that's when I think I got the realest music education. It wasn't something that I had to do. It wasn't an obligation.

I started by producing, and the rapping came second to that, because I wanted to fill out the beat.

I am American. If you drop me in Seoul, I don't think I'm going to thrive there.

I'm not trying to unite Asian people with my music.

My mom passed away when I was 4 years old, and she came from a very conservative Korean background. I feel like my life would've been incredibly different had she still been alive.

I think rap in general allows you to be more lyrically expressive. It's a lot easier to state your identity, as opposed to with a guitar making all these weird metaphors.

'Welcome To New York' is one of those songs that, with just one single radio play, will make at least 10 New Yorkers move to Marfa, Texas.

You can't really label me as a musician, a comedian, or a rapper - you know, it's different.