American - Musician | August 5, 1983 -
I like being in charge. I like being able to control my own destiny and ideas.
Dawn Richard
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My uncle is in the hall of fame for creating by hand some of the most intricate Indian Mardi Gras garb.
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Everyone who knows Puff knows Puff rolls with himself. His hustle is money. That's what he does.
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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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I'd only do a deal with a label if it allowed me to still be indie and have that indie mentality. I have to have creative control.
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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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You have to put time into the art to do it, and you have to know that what you'll get out of it is not a financial or a fame thing. It'll just be the pleasure of being an artist. And I'm cool with that.
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People want to peg you as alternative R&B when they hear soul or see the color of your skin. It's comfortable when people see artists of color or artists that come from a different country to put that brand on us. It's just not as linear as that.
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Just as much as you need the people who love you, you need the people who doubt you - to prove them wrong.
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I always treat shows as though they could belong on either platform. I always design it for the bigger stage, but I love it on the smaller stage.
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I do not have a history in set design. I have a history in art. I draw. But I learned set design when I couldn't afford to have a team and I didn't want to look like I was indie. I wanted to give fans the visual.
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When I get inspired, I give out free music. If you look at my track record from the beginning, that's always what I've done. I've never changed.
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