The whole thing about 'progressive R&B' blows my mind. Black music has always been progressive. — Kelela Copy Share Image
We don't want it to be obscure music. We're not trying to be indie. We want to be popular. — Kelela Copy Share Image
I'm pushing back against the white, misogynistic, heterosexual establishment in the music industry. Like, literally, in all its forms. — Kelela Copy Share Image
It is very rare that I am just coming up with melodies off the top of my head. I usually am responding… — Kelela Copy Share Image
That's pretty much how every song of mine works - I start with gibberish and melody and phrasing. I speak it naturally… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I'm just tryna be honest about all the things that I dig in my music. It's not just this over here, it's… — 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… — Kelela Copy Share Image
When it comes to melodies, production, and sound in pop music, people try to be formulaic and solely concerned with what's resonant… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the… — 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… — Kelela Copy Share Image
After it became clear that I was not going to graduate, I had this moment where I was like, 'I need to… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I want to speak in the tradition of rhythm and blues and soul music, but also push how it's dressed and how… — Kelela Copy Share Image
A lot of people of color in the music industry are still more interested in embracing things that are considered white canon,… — Kelela Copy Share Image
Innovating something that is familiar. That's the general approach, and that's what I want to do with the melody as well. It… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I'm interested in bridging and filling in space that hasn't already been filled, so when it comes to making music, I've just… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I just want to shed light, illuminate and turn the spotlight over to all of the black people who have been being… — Kelela Copy Share Image
In the music industry, you can't create success without having to engage a white man. It's just not possible. Whether it's executives,… — Kelela Copy Share Image
The most rewarding thing for someone like me is for someone else to find solace through my music. — Kelela Copy Share Image
Sounding like I have agency in a song is important to me. I want to feel empowered by the music. — Kelela Copy Share Image
It definitely feels different to perform to people who know your music. Because people's feedback is not just, 'Oh my God, that… — Kelela Copy Share Image
Popular music was this abstraction - an abstraction that I was relating to immensely but was ultimately far away. — Kelela Copy Share Image
Fog and one blue light is all I need in life at the club. Just a dark room and loud music. I'm… — Kelela Copy Share Image
There's definitely a push and a pull to 'legitimize' electronic music live by playing the same way that a band would play. — Kelela Copy Share Image
Music in the U.K. is not racialised in the same way as it is in the U.S. In the U.S.. it's more… — Kelela Copy Share Image
Most artists are going into the studio for a fixed period of time, and they say that's their album. I can't relate,… — 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
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
