Even on my most angry song, I'm also still saying, 'Thank you for helping me to learn.' I've always wanted to give… — Kelela Copy Share Image
It's such a challenging time, and in my small way, I will make it so that other younger women, and maybe older… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to soundtrack your real life. I'm just trying to give you a place to feel safe in all the… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I try to make it a sonic experience so that when you put your earbuds in or when you're in your room,… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I am not carefree. I'm just not. I experience an immense amount of joy, a crazy amount of joy through sadness and… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I know my ticket is vulnerability. Most people point to some emotional experience, some hardship, some high or low when they talk… — Kelela Copy Share Image
In Maryland, I didn't grow up around poor white people. Where I grew up, the white people were middle class or upper-middle… — Kelela Copy Share Image
Even on my most angry song, I'm also still saying, 'Thank you for helping me to learn.' I've always wanted to give voice to… — Kelela Copy Share Image
It's such a challenging time, and in my small way, I will make it so that other younger women, and maybe older women, will… — Kelela Copy Share Image
For those of us who make music together, I think it's important to realize that generosity on both sides is actually going to produce… — Kelela Copy Share Image
A lot of white men in the music industry are promoting and participating in black culture in a way that is pretty careless. They… — Kelela Copy Share Image
There are no black women geniuses that are being named in canons. I could name a bunch, but it's not part of common knowledge.… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I think my worst enemy was myself. It's like I've been in my own way more than anybody else has been. — Kelela Copy Share Image
I am your homegirl, at the end of the day, but I also feel very... outside. So if you're finding solace in feeling outside… — Kelela Copy Share Image
'Take Me Apart' doesn't feel cohesive in a singular way but in a varied way. You can fixate on individual songs, and there are… — Kelela Copy Share Image
'Seat at the Table' has expressed real adversity, struggle, and also triumph and joy. — Kelela Copy Share Image