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" I connect so much with Peter Gabriel's sound because, to me, he always had that South African vibe. His drums were always something to move to: it was almost like Calypso. I'm a big fan. "

Dawn Richard

Move

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" Be exactly who you are. You can fit in any space you see yourself in. Be fearless. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" A lot of 'Blackheart' was me, literally in a dark room, confessing my sins; Poe was the influence for that album. But that melancholy has a hopefulness - in every Poe story, there is always a moral at the end. "

Dawn Richard

Moral

Story

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

" 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. "

Dawn Richard

Right

Always

" 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. "

Dawn Richard

Teacher

Music

" I couldn't do a record without knowing I'll translate it into something visual. "

" I'd only do a deal with a label if it allowed me to still be indie and have that indie mentality. I have to have creative control. "

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

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

" Originally, I was set on going to Hawaii Pacific University. We visited the campus in Hawaii. I was gonna be a Rainbow Warrior. I was gonna play softball. I was gonna major in marine biology. Everything was set. Then my dad was like, 'So you're not gonna do music? If you do go to Hawaii, there's no studios there, baby girl.' "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" My music speaks of warriors. It speaks of women being kings and this sense of pride of being more, even though you have less. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" I'm not a very open person. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

Dawn Richard

Woman

Celebrate