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" Exactly what I'm doing is what success looks like. I get to create on my own terms, on my own timeline, and I'm able to support myself and my mom and my cat comfortably. "

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" As a lover of both hip-hop and jazz, I feel like much of the latter community still doesn't truly embrace hip-hop as a musical extension. "

Amanda Seales

Embrace

Feel

Hip-Hop

" I think it's always been especially hard for black people to let go of musicians who do heinous things because music is such an integral part of our existence. "

" My first encounter with Wu-Tang Clan came when I ordered six CDs from those throwback catalog orders, from Columbia House or something, and '36 Chambers' was one of them. It was on from then. "

" I am all at once in awe and in confusion at some of the folks I encounter during fashion week, consistently causing me to mutter to myself or whoever's in earshot, 'Is that really necessary?' "

Amanda Seales

Week

Awe

" Anytime I don't have to wear a bra is a good day. "

" I'm an artist through and through. "

Amanda Seales

Artist

Through

" When my hair is picked out, my whole aura is picked out, like, 'See this, see me.' "

Amanda Seales

Out

" I am from Florida, so I didn't 'grow up' on Wu-Tang. "

" I have a theory that when you're lost on the path, go back to the beginning and try the maze again. "

" Drake ain't fake. "

Amanda Seales

Drake

Fake

" Contrary to far too popular a belief, style, fashion, and fabulousness are not synonymous with stank, haughty, and self-aggrandizing. "

" Ladies and dentists will agree: Iverson has one of the best smiles to ever grin. This is uncontested. No argument! And he was very generous with it as well. Whether during a game, press conference, or photoshoot, Iverson was free with his cheesing. "

" Jazz does what it wants to, and so does The Wu. "

" Whether you like him or not, hip hop needs Drake. "

" My thing about creating things is that it has to do two purposes: It has to serve me creatively but also has to serve the people. "

Amanda Seales

Two

Things

" My hair changes with my emotions... and my purpose for the day. "

" Every New Year comes with a list of predictions. Self-predictions, world predictions, how many times Lindsay Lohan will get arrested predictions, etc. I reserve the annual trend for people with genuine psychic ability and/or bloggers. "

" I am black, and I loved 'Django.' "

Amanda Seales

Black

Loved

" Cornrows came back with a vengeance in the early '00s with every dude trying to grow his hair out to get 'braided up.' It was crazy. Girls were getting carpal tunnel in hoods across America trying to make plaits out of 1.5 inches of ungreased hair. "

" I've played with jazz and toyed with it when I used to live near the St. Nicholas Pub in Harlem. "

" Fashion week is not an episode of 'Girls' or 'Friends,' where I'm OK that there is not a black person in sight because I honestly believe these characters don't come into contact with - therefore don't have - any black friends. No, in the case of Fashion week, it feels wrong. "

" In hip hop, 'real' has always meant one who represents in actuality what they present in imagery. For instance, once upon a time, if a rapper spoke about being gangsta, they needed to truly be that, or they were 'frontin.' "