I want to get up and celebrate something - and why not celebrate being a woman? — Dawn Richard Being Copy Share Image
My director, Monty Marsh, is really awesome - I've been working with him for years now. — Dawn Richard Awesome Copy Share Image
'Blackheart' is purely falling into the electronic world and pushing the envelope. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I would describe my personal style as putting Twiggy and Yoko Ono together. It is hobo with no rules. — Dawn Richard Fashion Copy Share Image
I don't wish homelessness on anyone, especially when you come from where your parents work hard. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
When you see what you really are, good or bad, there is a fearlessness to understanding your purpose. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I had always had an affinity for series in literature, and I thought it would be really cool to incorporate what I… — Dawn Richard Books Copy Share Image
It's always interesting when you're doing things yourself - getting the lighting, getting everybody together. It's exciting. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
There is a thing about women that needs to be understood. We don't sit well with being put in a certain place. — Dawn Richard Being Copy Share Image
I had no idea that what I thought was my low wasn't really my low. That's what a lot of people think… — Dawn Richard Idea Copy Share Image
I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know. I think people miss… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I think, my entire life, I was a bit different. And I didn't think I was different; I just kinda always stuck… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
You have to put time into the art to do it, and you have to know that what you'll get out of… — Dawn Richard Art Copy Share Image
I lived in the library with my grandmother as a child. I still love the smell of books; the library card is… — Dawn Richard Books Copy Share Image
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,… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
People want to peg you as alternative R&B when they hear soul or see the color of your skin. It's comfortable when… — Dawn Richard Art Copy Share Image
Growing up, my parents were Roman Catholic - strict Catholics - from New Orleans. I understood the idea in the principle of… — Dawn Richard Catholic Copy Share Image
'Armor On' explains why I needed armor in the first place. Sonically, you'll hear this battle of, 'I love you, no I… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I've had two platinum albums. I have worked with thousands of people. But the most rewarding feeling is to see people on… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
There's a fine line between artist and product. I don't think the industry purposely does it, but I think that's just the… — Dawn Richard Art Copy Share Image
When my dad went to college to get his master's from Loyola, he was playing Debussy and Chopin and Beethoven. But he… — Dawn Richard College Copy Share Image
My grandmother had a Ph.D in library science, so I grew up in a library, and I would appreciate those books and… — Dawn Richard Book Copy Share Image
Songwriting was my own journey. I never fit in with structure in songwriting. — Dawn Richard Journey Copy Share Image
It doesn't bother me when I'm labeled, but it's so... limiting. It's so boxy. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
'Redemption' sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will. — Dawn Richard Jubilee Copy Share Image
To create and do something no one else has done before - that feeling beats anything else I've felt. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
'The Red Era' is for everybody. Every gay, every fluid, every black, every white. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I couldn't do a record without knowing I'll translate it into something visual. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
Instagram is just something I like to do. I feel it's the best way to portray who you are. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
'Blackheart' was the moment for me to really open up and let people into the world that is me. — Dawn Richard Moment Copy Share Image
I promised myself that I wouldn't be afraid to be who I was when I chose to do this music thing. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
