People seem ready for a more in-depth idea of folk music, culture and history. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
Separation in culture and arts does nobody any favors except for the people in power. That's just it... So I feel like… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I think it's important that everybody has access to music, and not just people who live in cities or who can afford… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
White people are so fragile, God bless 'em. 'Well, I didn't own slaves.' No you didn't. Nobody is asking you to take… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I stood on people's shoulders, so I want to be there for somebody else to take it even further. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I play a replica of a banjo from the 1950s. It was the first commercial-style banjo in the United States so it's… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I don't have a genre because I play lots of different music that people would say are different genres. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
People who put Europe in the center of the universe, they're very fragile. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I'm not gonna force something or fake something to try to get more black people at my shows. I'm not gonna do… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I love the U.K. folk scene. In the States, nobody knows what to do with me. There's still a very narrow definition of Americana. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
For me the bare feet are grounding. I'm connected to the Earth in a way that I cannot be any other way. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
We have been fed so many false narratives, many of them racialized to deliberately feed a racist agenda. It's important to address and dig… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I had this dream like years ago. I had this dream - I wanted to be in an all-black string band. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
To sit in my concert and be uncomfortable is brave. Because you could always leave, you know? — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in history and when I looked into the settlers who came to my home state, North Carolina, I found that the… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
That was the special thing about the Carolina Chocolate Drops. We didn't want to do music full-time. We weren't looking to get rich, which… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
When I got into college, I got into operatic vocalists, like Leontyne Price. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
People seem ready for a more in-depth idea of folk music, culture and history. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
