"Personally, I don't like defining myself. I don't want to be put in one category in any kind of way."
"I enjoy exploring and finding myself."
"I love being called Baddest Female."
"I don't like to box myself into anything, because I also sing and I love to dance; I do everything."
"Some people want to tell me what's right for me, and I have to stick up for myself all of the time."
"I don't want to take too much responsibility, where I'm like, 'Oh, I'm representing Asia.'"
"I feel like an alien sometimes, where I don't feel like I belong anywhere."
"I'm not against being beautiful or sexy or anything, but I have this 'cool' image that I want to keep."
"I've always been colorful and taken risks."
"A lot of Asian girls love being basic because it's safe. But the thing is, a lot of my fans are those girls, and they want to be bolder, but there's no one they could look up to and be like, 'It's OK to be that way.'"
"I know from my own experience that anything is possible, that there's nothing you can't do."
"Once you have the money, fame, success or power, it's so easy to maintain that, because all you have to do is play it safe."
"I want to express my ideas through my music and on stage because I'm a musician."
"I want to represent Asian women."
"I want to break that typical Asian female stereotype. There's this standard where they're all calm. I want to break that."
"Culturally, I'm not 100 percent Korean. I'm very mixed and very open."
"I'm not the standard Asian girl."
"I don't want a 'good' image."
"What is portrayed on stage and in my music videos is different from my everyday lifestyle. But I want to people to see me as CL on stage and in my music."
"I'm a city girl from Seoul City, where I grew up, to Tokyo & Paris."
"I want people all around the globe to know that there are girls in Asia, like me, who like hip-hop and dress uniquely."
"Let them haters sit and stare."
"Naega jeil jal naga."
"Hello Bitches."
"Excuse me, excuse you."
"Let me show you how to be the queen."
"They laugh at us because we're different, but we laugh at them because they are all the same."
"I think you have to be who you truly are and love who you are to be beautiful."
"You can enjoy music without understanding it. Music is a universal language."
"I think it's a great honor to be able to influence someone's joy."