My dad was a teacher. He has a Masters in music. He taught elementary school, and he played gigs his whole life,… — Dawn Richard 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
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 Copy Share Image
Music and dance is part of everything in New Orleans. So I grew up appreciating it all. — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
Besides music, I was all school, school, school. And softball. I played the game since I was four, and I wanted to… — Dawn Richard 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
Originally, I was set on going to Hawaii Pacific University. We visited the campus in Hawaii. I was gonna be a Rainbow… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I've grown so much in the music industry. From 'GoldenHeart,' it was just about me and the music and me in this… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
My music speaks of warriors. It speaks of women being kings and this sense of pride of being more, even though you… — 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 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 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
