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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I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me.
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I had always had an affinity for series in literature, and I thought it would be really cool to incorporate what I loved about books into the story of music, to pile it together.
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My music speaks of warriors. It speaks of women being kings and this sense of pride of being more, even though you have less.
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'Blackheart' is purely falling into the electronic world and pushing the envelope.
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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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I can be a little messy and wild and carefree with my creativity as a solo artist. In a group, there's a certain structure, and everyone has a part to play, and being a solo artist, I can do as I please.
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Be exactly who you are. You can fit in any space you see yourself in. Be fearless.
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Music and dance is part of everything in New Orleans. So I grew up appreciating it all.
