Published Tue, September 20, 2022 at 12:00 AM EDT
"I was a young girl when I started rapping," she told The Hype in 2020. "So rap helped raise me, it helped to develop me, and is a part of my being. When the rap industry began I was there, so I am part of the mold."
"I draw inspiration from the music itself. When I hear something that I like, it speaks to me and I use my creativity as a rap artist to bring songs to life."
"I am an Assistant Director of a drug treatment program, so I go to work and it is strenuous at times, dealing with the population that I deal with. My job lets me alter my time any time I need to for 'Sweet Tee.' They understand and embrace her as well."
"If you want it go for it, but make sure you have a B plan," Tee said in 2020. "Follow the blueprint athletes use; you would be surprised the degrees some of the athletes have. It’s a back-up plan. You even can have a small business…you have heard the term 'Starving Artist?' You don’t have to starve to be an artist."
"Seeing my image hung in the National Museum of African American History and Culture...really hit home for me when I went to an event and someone I grew up with said to me, 'We were all playing together as kids and now your face is in the National Museum of African American History in Washington DC, where all of our history is documented, I am so proud of you.'"
"I love being creative and making music, meeting a lot of people, traveling. What could be the least favorite part of this is your personal life being on front street."
"I started off rhyming in the park. And I had to have a fresh rhyme every day—just in case. My inspiration was just being able to express myself while rhyming. I was fascinated with that.
"I like to write screenplays. I'd like to establish myself as a writer of TV or film in the next ten years," she told Rap Industry.com
"It is terrible how people can just create fake stories, post them, and it could affect how your fans look at you. And also everybody has ups and downs, but I feel like it’s for you to tell your own stories."
"For me, it is not something that I can just turn off. I feel like it is built into my DNA. Whether I ever put a record out or not, a beat or an instrumental can’t just play without my mind automatically trying to put a rhyme to it, and I’ve come to realize that that is never going to change."