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" 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. "

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" I've grown so much in the music industry. From 'GoldenHeart,' it was just about me and the music and me in this dream. With 'BlackHeart,' its more about me and who I am and what role I play in my own life and in the business. "

Dawn Richard

Music

Life

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

" 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. "

" I believe I am standing firm as a black woman in this industry in a time that it is hard as an artist period. "

" 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 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Dawn Richard

Contrast

You

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

" 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. "

" Music and dance is part of everything in New Orleans. So I grew up appreciating it all. "

" It doesn't bother me when I'm labeled, but it's so... limiting. It's so boxy. "

" 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. "

Dawn Richard

Library

Cool

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

" 'Redemption' sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will. "

Dawn Richard

Line

Redemption

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The problem with Danity Kane is everybody wanted to play everybody's role, and when you're in a group like that, that can't survive. "

" Fashion is my lover on the side, but I am married to music. "

Dawn Richard

Fashion

Side

" I don't really feel there's rules in my everyday wear. I kind of do whatever the hell I want to do. "