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, and the snare that drives everything for me. I think it's really what's separated my sound from a… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I got in the audition line called 'Making the Band' because I wanted to be in a band. If I didn't, I would have done 'American Idol.' — 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
