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" It's a lot of work being an indie artist, but it's worth it. "

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" I wanted to make an album that sounded like a release of inhibitions, really getting away from the idea that you have to be anything other than in that moment. "

" I'm okay with being the oddball. "

" 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. "

" I did write more mainstream stuff with DK. But you could always tell the records that I wrote in contrast with everybody else's because the format was a bit different. The harmonies were used in a different type of way. Way more metaphors in the mix. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm not a very open person. "

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

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

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

" When I look half naked on stage, it's not because I'm trying to be sexy but because I am dancing and want to be mobile enough to move. "

" I think, my entire life, I was a bit different. And I didn't think I was different; I just kinda always stuck out. "

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

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

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" My grandmother had a Ph.D in library science, so I grew up in a library, and I would appreciate those books and the smell of them and how they'd have these series, and it was cool to me. I always felt like, if I had an opportunity, I'd create an album that felt like a series. "

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

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

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