Dawn Angeliqué Richard Quotes
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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 of them and how they'd have these series, and it was cool to me. I always felt like, if I had an opportunity, I'd create an album that felt like a series.
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I just want to be a storyteller, and I think the way to do that is by your lyrics, by your visuals, by your choreography, by your dance. It's imperative as an artist.
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I lived in the library with my grandmother as a child. I still love the smell of books; the library card is still my friend.
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I would describe my personal style as putting Twiggy and Yoko Ono together. It is hobo with no rules.
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I really got back to my New Orleans roots - my grandfather played with Fats Domino. We had to leave after Katrina, but I feel like, spiritually, I'm back there.
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My dad was a teacher. He has a Masters in music. He taught elementary school, and he played gigs his whole life, and we lived good.
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Fashion is my lover on the side, but I am married to music.
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I wanted to make an album that sounded like a release of inhibitions, really getting away from the idea that you have to be anything other than in that moment.
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It's a lot of work being an indie artist, but it's worth it.
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I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me.
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I promised myself that I wouldn't be afraid to be who I was when I chose to do this music thing.
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You don't need validation from other people. You've gotta find it within yourself and sit in it and roll with it.
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I want to get up and celebrate something - and why not celebrate being a woman?
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Hair pieces and head dresses have always been something that's been part of my culture.
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There is a thing about women that needs to be understood. We don't sit well with being put in a certain place.
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'Armor On' explains why I needed armor in the first place. Sonically, you'll hear this battle of, 'I love you, no I don't. I love you, I hate you.' That's what you'll feel. You see the story kind of fight against itself.
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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 lot of the R&B and pop music out there.
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I've grown so much in the music industry. From 'GoldenHeart,' it was just about me and the music and me in this dream. With 'BlackHeart,' its more about me and who I am and what role I play in my own life and in the business.
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When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and they'd owned businesses. We like to work hard. Work and then books. Books and then work. We just knew that we had to excel. It sounds militant, but trust me, it was fun.
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'Blackheart' was the moment for me to really open up and let people into the world that is me.
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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, 'Do you see what Dawn and them are doing? They are number one.' It's the most rewarding feeling because of all the tears, all the bad stuff, and the people that said I couldn't do it.
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I wake up every day in a different headspace, so on any given day, my hairstyle will change.
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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.'
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Originally, I was set on going to Hawaii Pacific University. We visited the campus in Hawaii. I was gonna be a Rainbow Warrior. I was gonna play softball. I was gonna major in marine biology. Everything was set. Then my dad was like, 'So you're not gonna do music? If you do go to Hawaii, there's no studios there, baby girl.'