86 Quotes by Dawn Richard

When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and they'd owned businesses. We like to work hard. Work and then books. Books and then work. We just knew that we had to excel. It sounds militant, but trust me, it was fun.

I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me.

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

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.

My music speaks of warriors. It speaks of women being kings and this sense of pride of being more, even though you have less.

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

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.