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" 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. "

Dawn Richard

Group

Wild

Artist

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" 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.' "

" I would describe my personal style as putting Twiggy and Yoko Ono together. It is hobo with no rules. "

" I watched my parents lose everything, from a house to birth certificates. We were homeless for about six months, then we stayed in Baltimore, and my parents got jobs. "

" Besides music, I was all school, school, school. And softball. I played the game since I was four, and I wanted to go to the Olympics for softball. I got a full scholarship through softball. "

" I don't wish homelessness on anyone, especially when you come from where your parents work hard. "

" The problem with Danity Kane is everybody wanted to play everybody's role, and when you're in a group like that, that can't survive. "

" I'm not a very open person. "

" 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. "

" You don't need validation from other people. You've gotta find it within yourself and sit in it and roll with it. "

" I had always had an affinity for series in literature, and I thought it would be really cool to incorporate what I loved about books into the story of music, to pile it together. "

" '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 want to get up and celebrate something - and why not celebrate being a woman? "

Dawn Richard

Woman

Celebrate

" There is a thing about women that needs to be understood. We don't sit well with being put in a certain place. "

" Anything that creates fear, I want to conquer it. "

" Just as much as you need the people who love you, you need the people who doubt you - to prove them wrong. "

" I always treat shows as though they could belong on either platform. I always design it for the bigger stage, but I love it on the smaller stage. "

" I don't take myself too seriously. "

" Fashion is my lover on the side, but I am married to music. "

Dawn Richard

Fashion

Side

" I write for myself. It's therapy. "

" I like being in charge. I like being able to control my own destiny and ideas. "

" Hair pieces and head dresses have always been something that's been part of my culture. "

" 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. "

" There's a fine line between artist and product. I don't think the industry purposely does it, but I think that's just the way they maneuver. You have to be careful that doesn't become your story, where you become a product, and your art is tarnished because you're just seen as a tool to make money. "

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

" 'Redemption' sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will. "

Dawn Richard

Line

Redemption

" I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know. I think people miss that. "

" It doesn't bother me when I'm labeled, but it's so... limiting. It's so boxy. "

" I've had two platinum albums. I have worked with thousands of people. But the most rewarding feeling is to see people on Twitter say, 'Do you see what Dawn and them are doing? They are number one.' It's the most rewarding feeling because of all the tears, all the bad stuff, and the people that said I couldn't do it. "

" I do not have a history in set design. I have a history in art. I draw. But I learned set design when I couldn't afford to have a team and I didn't want to look like I was indie. I wanted to give fans the visual. "