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" Everyone who knows Puff knows Puff rolls with himself. His hustle is money. That's what he does. "

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" Music and dance is part of everything in New Orleans. So I grew up appreciating it all. "

" I always knew who I was, but everyone else wanted to me to be their 'idea' of the 'right' artist. At times, I even believed them. "

" I lived in the library with my grandmother as a child. I still love the smell of books; the library card is still my friend. "

" When I look half naked on stage, it's not because I'm trying to be sexy but because I am dancing and want to be mobile enough to move. "

" To create and do something no one else has done before - that feeling beats anything else I've felt. "

" I got in the audition line called 'Making the Band' because I wanted to be in a band. If I didn't, I would have done 'American Idol.' "

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" I don't really feel there's rules in my everyday wear. I kind of do whatever the hell I want to do. "

" I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me. "

" I wake up every day in a different headspace, so on any given day, my hairstyle will change. "

" I think, my entire life, I was a bit different. And I didn't think I was different; I just kinda always stuck out. "

" When I was growing up, there was no one. There were very few black women in tech; there were very few black women in the fashion game. We didn't have our Grace Jones - Grace Jones was before my time. We didn't really have a lot of black women in electronic and punk who were celebrated in the same levels as, say, your big mega-superstars. "

" People want to peg you as alternative R&B when they hear soul or see the color of your skin. It's comfortable when people see artists of color or artists that come from a different country to put that brand on us. It's just not as linear as that. "

" When you see what you really are, good or bad, there is a fearlessness to understanding your purpose. "

" I promised myself that I wouldn't be afraid to be who I was when I chose to do this music thing. "

" Dreams rise like the sun and set like the sun: One minute, it is high and bright; the next minute, you might lose it. "

" I can be a little messy and wild and carefree with my creativity as a solo artist. In a group, there's a certain structure, and everyone has a part to play, and being a solo artist, I can do as I please. "

" I just want to be a storyteller, and I think the way to do that is by your lyrics, by your visuals, by your choreography, by your dance. It's imperative as an artist. "

" 'Armor On' explains why I needed armor in the first place. Sonically, you'll hear this battle of, 'I love you, no I don't. I love you, I hate you.' That's what you'll feel. You see the story kind of fight against itself. "

" I don't take myself too seriously. "

" How many people can say they had Anna Wintour on a record? Not even an album, just a mixtape? It's audacious, disrespectful, and I feel like it's a little bit raw, and that's what Dirty Money is. "

" I had no idea that what I thought was my low wasn't really my low. That's what a lot of people think - then life reminds them, 'No, there's lower.' "

" Growing up, my parents were Roman Catholic - strict Catholics - from New Orleans. I understood the idea in the principle of spirituality. I noticed it in the stories that I read. The Trinity was something that was brought up consistently: the power of three. Things happened in threes, and I thought that was brilliant. "

" R&B needs to see a new light. It doesn't have to be pigeonholed. "

" My dad was a teacher. He has a Masters in music. He taught elementary school, and he played gigs his whole life, and we lived good. "

" I'm big on showing people versatility. I'm constantly trying to push myself to break barriers and the idea that we have to stay in one lane. "

" I've grown so much in the music industry. From 'GoldenHeart,' it was just about me and the music and me in this dream. With 'BlackHeart,' its more about me and who I am and what role I play in my own life and in the business. "