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> [That was the special thing about the Carolina Chocolate Drops. We didn't want to do music full-time. We weren't looking to get rich, which is good, because we didn't. But we went further than we thought we would go. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/that-was-the-special-thing-about-the-carolina-chocolate-drops-we-didn/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

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## More by Rhiannon Giddens

> [My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/my-work-as-a-whole-is-about-excavating-and-shining-a-light-on-pieces/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [I love the U.K. folk scene. In the States, nobody knows what to do with me. There's still a very narrow definition of Americana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/i-love-the-u-k-folk-scene-in-the-states-nobody-knows-what-to-do-with/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [For me the bare feet are grounding. I'm connected to the Earth in a way that I cannot be any other way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/for-me-the-bare-feet-are-grounding-i-m-connected-to-the-earth-in-a/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [We have been fed so many false narratives, many of them racialized to deliberately feed a racist agenda. It's important to address and dig…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/we-have-been-fed-so-many-false-narratives-many-of-them-racialized-to/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [I had this dream like years ago. I had this dream - I wanted to be in an all-black string band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/i-had-this-dream-like-years-ago-i-had-this-dream-i-wanted-to-be-in-an/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [I'm not an urban black person. I'm a country black person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/i-m-not-an-urban-black-person-i-m-a-country-black-person/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [To sit in my concert and be uncomfortable is brave. Because you could always leave, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/to-sit-in-my-concert-and-be-uncomfortable-is-brave-because-you-could/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [I'm really interested in history and when I looked into the settlers who came to my home state, North Carolina, I found that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/i-m-really-interested-in-history-and-when-i-looked-into-the-settlers/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [That was the special thing about the Carolina Chocolate Drops. We didn't want to do music full-time. We weren't looking to get rich, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/that-was-the-special-thing-about-the-carolina-chocolate-drops-we-didn/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [There is a black folk music audience. They're just very small.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/there-is-a-black-folk-music-audience-they-re-just-very-small/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [When I got into college, I got into operatic vocalists, like Leontyne Price.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/when-i-got-into-college-i-got-into-operatic-vocalists-like-leontyne/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [People seem ready for a more in-depth idea of folk music, culture and history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/people-seem-ready-for-a-more-in-depth-idea-of-folk-music-culture-and/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [Know thy history. Let it horrify you; let it inspire you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/know-thy-history-let-it-horrify-you-let-it-inspire-you/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [Othering people is something that humans have done for ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/othering-people-is-something-that-humans-have-done-for-ever/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

> [When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like, Oh, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/when-i-first-heard-the-minstrel-banjo-i-played-a-gourd-first-i-almost/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

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