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
As a black woman, there's so much pride and communication through hair. It's naturally something that you are excited to embellish on… — Kelela Copy Share Image
Something that I think extends to a lot of African cultures is that the line between performer and audience is blurry. My… — 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
It's gratifying to hear something familiar and challenging at the same time. — Kelela Copy Share Image
I'd like to change what people expect. I want to evoke something that's not nameable, for people to go, 'Huh?' — Kelela Copy Share Image
To me, the best writing points to something literal or common but is also nuanced: The moment when somebody is telling you… — 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
