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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" How many people can say they had Anna Wintour on a record? Not even an album, just a mixtape? It's audacious, disrespectful, and I feel like it's a little bit raw, and that's what Dirty Money is. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't take myself too seriously. "

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

" When my dad went to college to get his master's from Loyola, he was playing Debussy and Chopin and Beethoven. But he played all that New Orleans stuff, too. I would go with my dad to gigs, pick up the piano and the speakers, and I would be like his roadie. "

" 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. "

" 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 lived in the library with my grandmother as a child. I still love the smell of books; the library card is still my friend. "

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

" There's always going to be a fight between mainstream and underground because the mainstream is a very small bubble, and the underground scene is a very small bubble, and they both see themselves as secret societies. But I never saw it that way. I always thought music was open to all things. "

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

" When you see what you really are, good or bad, there is a fearlessness to understanding your purpose. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "