Dawn Richard

I'm not a very open person.

— Dawn Richard

I'm okay with being the oddball.

— Dawn Richard

I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me.

— Dawn Richard

Anything that creates fear, I want to conquer it.

— Dawn Richard

I write for myself. It's therapy.

— Dawn Richard

You don't know how far you can go until you push it.

— Dawn Richard

'The Red Era' is for everybody. Every gay, every fluid, every black, every white.

— Dawn Richard

To create and do something no one else has done before - that feeling beats anything else I've felt.

— Dawn Richard

I couldn't do a record without knowing I'll translate it into something visual.

— Dawn Richard

When you see what you really are, good or bad, there is a fearlessness to understanding your purpose.

— Dawn Richard

Songwriting was my own journey. I never fit in with structure in songwriting.

— Dawn Richard

'Redemption' sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will.

— Dawn Richard

It doesn't bother me when I'm labeled, but it's so... limiting. It's so boxy.

— Dawn Richard

The black geeks of the world, we feel like we don't have a home.

— Dawn Richard

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

You don't need validation from other people. You've gotta find it within yourself and sit in it and roll with it.

— Dawn Richard

I always treat shows as though they could belong on either platform. I always design it for the bigger stage, but I…

— Dawn Richard

I love what a women embodies. I love our bodies; I love the way we communicate with our bodies. I love the…

— Dawn Richard

I can be a little messy and wild and carefree with my creativity as a solo artist. In a group, there's a…

— Dawn Richard

I lived in the library with my grandmother as a child. I still love the smell of books; the library card is…

— Dawn Richard

Dreams rise like the sun and set like the sun: One minute, it is high and bright; the next minute, you might…

— Dawn Richard

A lot of 'Blackheart' was me, literally in a dark room, confessing my sins; Poe was the influence for that album. But…

— Dawn Richard

Growing up, my parents were Roman Catholic - strict Catholics - from New Orleans. I understood the idea in the principle of…

— Dawn Richard

'Armor On' explains why I needed armor in the first place. Sonically, you'll hear this battle of, 'I love you, no I…

— Dawn Richard

I've had two platinum albums. I have worked with thousands of people. But the most rewarding feeling is to see people on…

— Dawn Richard

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

People want to peg you as alternative R&B when they hear soul or see the color of your skin. It's comfortable when…

— Dawn Richard

Originally, I was set on going to Hawaii Pacific University. We visited the campus in Hawaii. I was gonna be a Rainbow…

— Dawn Richard

I did write more mainstream stuff with DK. But you could always tell the records that I wrote in contrast with everybody…

— Dawn Richard

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

I don't wish homelessness on anyone, especially when you come from where your parents work hard.

— Dawn Richard

I want to get up and celebrate something - and why not celebrate being a woman?

— Dawn Richard

'Blackheart' is purely falling into the electronic world and pushing the envelope.

— Dawn Richard

My director, Monty Marsh, is really awesome - I've been working with him for years now.

— Dawn Richard

I would describe my personal style as putting Twiggy and Yoko Ono together. It is hobo with no rules.

— Dawn Richard

It's a lot of work being an indie artist, but it's worth it.

— Dawn Richard

'Redemption' is about understanding myself and not worrying about my relationship with the industry.

— Dawn Richard

Everyone who knows Puff knows Puff rolls with himself. His hustle is money. That's what he does.

— Dawn Richard

My father's music is all I remember from my childhood.

— Dawn Richard

R&B needs to see a new light. It doesn't have to be pigeonholed.

— Dawn Richard