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" I used to love to look at cover art for vinyls. "

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" Music is your way to change the frequencies of everything around you and move your own body, move your whole environment. "

" I just like stuff that's raw, itself, real and genuine. I think that's the way art should be. That's the kind of stuff that people can connect to more. "

" I always felt you could age with style and grace, or you could age in denial and hold on to issues and never push through. "

" My favourite 'stage' of Shakira was the brunette punk rock one, but she'll always have a special place in my heart, whatever she's doing. "

" I didn't want to go to school, because I wanted to be an artist, and they were never going to teach me art. None of my family had ever done that kind of stuff either. "

" The first time I did a show, I definitely didn't get any money. My friend just let me do this show. I was so nervous: my mic didn't work, and I was like, 'Urgh.' It was terrible. It was a dingy club off of the highway, but all these people came. It was packed out. "

" I like lowriders and music from the '50s and '60s. A lot of people assumed I was Mexican. "

" I wasn't into social media at all, but when I decided I was going to put out my own music, I said, 'Okay, I'm just going to post it.' And that's when it started its rounds on the Internet, and people started to take an interest in me. "

" I am very much an artist. I like painting and collaging. "

" I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights. "

" I'm constantly trying to look at things from a different view and to put myself into some new perspectives to evolve myself, grow myself, and reinvent myself. "

" We're all born into whatever citizenship, circumstances, or class we happen to be born into. Immigrants and so many people in the working class work so hard every day for nickels and pennies and scraps to just barely get by and then realize that this precious life has been completely drained out of us. "

" As an artist, you have to work hard for things that you can't really hold in your hand. I work not for money but for my career, to expand myself as an artist. Every video I make, it's not making me any money; it's just because I want to expand. "

" I've always considered myself a person of color. "

" When I start something, I have to finish it, and I'm a super perfectionist, too. "

" I've done my own videos, I do my own styling, so I feel like I've just always been a visual artist... I was one of those kids who wanted to make my own clothes and take pictures of everything. Everything inspired me, and everything felt like art around me. "

" As female artists, we have to be constantly criticized for the way that we look, the way that we dress, on a whole other level that men don't have to face. "

" I feel like fashion is about being innovative and being able to turn something into something else, making it cool, and making it your own. "

" I was always into music and stuff, so I would always make songs since I was little. "

" If my life is a movie - in the movie, there's always the bad part. There's also the parts where you're down and out, and there are parts where everything's amazing. "

" N.E.R.D. was also from - not too far from where I was from growing up. For a lot of people who make music, that was a huge influence in teen years. "

" I've always experimented with my look. Growing up, I thought it was so weird that people dressed alike and all bought the same things. "

" You can consciously make a difference with music. Bob Marley is one of those few artists that everyone can say that they love. He makes you feel good. It's very real. "

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" Sometimes I leave mayonnaise on the ends of my hair for a few hours while I'm writing; it's a really good moisturizer. "

" I'm just inspired by life and, growing up, I listened to all types of different sounds, genres, and areas of music. "

" I'm constantly progressing. My style is changing every day. "

" It's easy to just write about love, because everyone can relate, but I like variety. "

" There's no particular method or course of action that I take in order to decide who I'm going to work with besides feeling complete and total respect and admiration for that artist. "

" I've always been someone who, without wanting to or without trying to, I draw attention to myself sometimes in negative ways. It made me sharp, and it made me quick. "

" Not everything happens when you expect it; it is what it is. The people who ride with you, ride with you. "