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Kelela Quotes

I'm pushing back against the white, misogynistic, heterosexual establishment in the music industry. Like, literally, in all its forms.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: June 6, 1983

Topics

Music Back White Industry Against

Over the years, I have been a house painter, farm worker, paste-up artist, Easter Bunny, pizza delivery person, homeless shelter staff member, and counselor for adults and kids with mental illness - I quit my last real job in 2000 to work on writing full-time.

Jennifer McMahon

Work Job Pizza Homeless Writing

I'm pretty much honest to a fault. It's my best and my worst quality.

Jennifer Westfeldt

Best Quality Worst Fault Pretty

Hiroshima has become a metaphor not just for nuclear war but for war and destruction and violence toward civilians. It's not just the idea we should not use nuclear arms. We should not start another war because it's madness.

War Start Madness Violence Become

'Crumbling' Down' is a very political song that I wrote with my childhood friend George Green. Reagan was president - he was deregulating everything, and the walls were crumbling down on the poor.

John Mellencamp

Friend Childhood Walls Green Song

In 1790 we had less than eight hundred thousand slaves. Under our mild and humane administration of the system they have increased above four millions.

System Above Slaves Four Eight Than

What interested me was dance - the way that it was constructed with time-space constructions, and that it was abstract. I always thought: 'Why couldn't theater be that way? Or an opera?'

Dance Me Thought Why Way Opera

Men aren't necessities. They're luxuries.

Men Luxuries Necessities

I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess.

Movies Mean Upbringing Guess Huge

I wish I could sing better.

Better Wish I Wish Sing Could

I was right then, I'm right now. I think time has proven me right.

Time Me Think Now Right I Think

I have more suits than days of the year that I get to wear them.

Suits Year More Days Wear Get

The white working class likes being pandered to even less than it likes being insulted.

White Class Being Working Even Than

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