Girl Quote by Michelle Zauner

I think when I first started out making music here in Los Angeles, a lot of people were really curious about my ethnicity, and…

— Yuna

I've spent my whole career trying to stay out of any box that anyone could put me in. 'I'm going to do a play…

— Audra McDonald

I was trying to establish an identity in music, and black and white had nothing to do with it.

— Sam Phillips

As a black woman, I've always had to work hard to earn my respect as a musician - and as a young woman, too.…

— Gabriella Wilson

I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies,…

— Zoe Kravitz

I was born black and female.

— Lorraine Hansberry

A lot of the things I do deal with my race, but my race is who I am. I'm an American kid who grew…

— Wyatt Cenac

Black people created their own stereotype. Now its hard for me to be a educated young black man without being labeled as 'acting white.'

— Anonymous

I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if…

— Ani DiFranco

As a drag performer, my identity exists in music, art, and fashion, not in any one 'language' of gender or 'appearance.'

— Sasha Velour

“I believe there will always be women who choose to actively embody racial and sexual stereotypes for their own material gain. Those idividuals will…

— Laina Dawes

I think there's a huge parallel that affects my musical taste, and connections that have to do with my ethnic diversity and my musical…

— Miguel