When you see what you really are, good or bad, there is a fearlessness to understanding your purpose. — Dawn Richard Bad 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 Bother Copy Share Image
'Redemption' sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will. — Dawn Richard Like Copy Share Image
To create and do something no one else has done before - that feeling beats anything else I've felt. — Dawn Richard Anything Copy Share Image
'The Red Era' is for everybody. Every gay, every fluid, every black, every white. — Dawn Richard Black Copy Share Image
I couldn't do a record without knowing I'll translate it into something visual. — Dawn Richard Knowing Copy Share Image
I want to get up and celebrate something - and why not celebrate being a woman? — Dawn Richard Being Copy Share Image
Dreams rise like the sun and set like the sun: One minute, it is high and bright; the next minute, you might… — Dawn Richard Dream 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
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 Art Copy Share Image
A lot of 'Blackheart' was me, literally in a dark room, confessing my sins; Poe was the influence for that album. But… — Dawn Richard Dark Copy Share Image
I do not have a history in set design. I have a history in art. I draw. But I learned set design… — Dawn Richard Art Copy Share Image
I always knew who I was, but everyone else wanted to me to be their 'idea' of the 'right' artist. At times,… — Dawn Richard Always Copy Share Image
You don't need validation from other people. You've gotta find it within yourself and sit in it and roll with it. — Dawn Richard Find Copy Share Image
When I get inspired, I give out free music. If you look at my track record from the beginning, that's always what… — Dawn Richard Beginning 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 Band 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 Armor 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 Bad Copy Share Image
There's always going to be a fight between mainstream and underground because the mainstream is a very small bubble, and the underground… — Dawn Richard Always Copy Share Image
Originally, I was set on going to Hawaii Pacific University. We visited the campus in Hawaii. I was gonna be a Rainbow… — Dawn Richard Biology 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… — Dawn Richard Always 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 Electronic 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
The black geeks of the world, we feel like we don't have a home. — Dawn Richard Black Copy Share Image
I don't wish homelessness on anyone, especially when you come from where your parents work hard. — Dawn Richard Hard Copy Share Image
I wake up every day in a different headspace, so on any given day, my hairstyle will change. — Dawn Richard Change Copy Share Image
Hair pieces and head dresses have always been something that's been part of my culture. — Dawn Richard Always Copy Share Image
Everyone who knows Puff knows Puff rolls with himself. His hustle is money. That's what he does. — Dawn Richard Everyone Copy Share Image
'Redemption' is about understanding myself and not worrying about my relationship with the industry. — Dawn Richard Fear Copy Share Image
