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" I want to show that you can be just as amazing as labels and compete as a business and work as a business even though you're an artist. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 'The Red Era' is for everybody. Every gay, every fluid, every black, every white. "

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

" 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. "

" When I get inspired, I give out free music. If you look at my track record from the beginning, that's always what I've done. I've never changed. "

" Songwriting was my own journey. I never fit in with structure in songwriting. "

" It's always interesting when you're doing things yourself - getting the lighting, getting everybody together. It's exciting. "

" 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. "

" You don't need validation from other people. You've gotta find it within yourself and sit in it and roll with 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 really got back to my New Orleans roots - my grandfather played with Fats Domino. We had to leave after Katrina, but I feel like, spiritually, I'm back there. "

" My director, Monty Marsh, is really awesome - I've been working with him for years now. "

" 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. "

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

" Instagram is just something I like to do. I feel it's the best way to portray who you are. "

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

" The black geeks of the world, we feel like we don't have a home. "

" 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. "

" There's definitely that tribal Africana thing going on in my sound. It's that marching band, second-line music, that Creole-influence in the kick, and the snare that drives everything for me. I think it's really what's separated my sound from a lot of the R&B and pop music out there. "

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

" I love what a women embodies. I love our bodies; I love the way we communicate with our bodies. I love the way dance creates movement. It's art in motion. "

" 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. "

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

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

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