I always knew who I was, but everyone else wanted to me to be their 'idea' of the 'right' artist. At times,… — 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 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 Copy Share Image
I can be a little messy and wild and carefree with my creativity as a solo artist. In a group, there's a… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I just want to be a storyteller, and I think the way to do that is by your lyrics, by your visuals,… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I believe I am standing firm as a black woman in this industry in a time that it is hard as an… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I want to show that you can be just as amazing as labels and compete as a business and work as a… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
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. — 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
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,… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
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… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
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… — Dawn Richard 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 the smell… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
'Redemption' is about understanding myself and not worrying about my relationship with the industry. — 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 people see… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
Just as much as you need the people who love you, you need the people who doubt you - to prove them wrong. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
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… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I watched my parents lose everything, from a house to birth certificates. We were homeless for about six months, then we stayed in Baltimore,… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
