Dawn Richard : (6)

" I want to show that you can be just as amazing as labels and compete as a business and work as a business even though you’re an artist. " - Dawn Richard

" I promised myself that I wouldn’t be afraid to be who I was when I chose to do this music thing. " - Dawn Richard

" 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. " - Dawn Richard

" Music and dance is part of everything in New Orleans. So I grew up appreciating it all. " - Dawn Richard

" When my dad went to college to get his master’s from Loyola, he was playing Debussy and Chopin and Beethoven. But he played all that New Orleans stuff, too. I would go with my dad to gigs, pick up the piano and the speakers, and I would be like his roadie. " - Dawn Richard

" I write for myself. It’s therapy. " - Dawn Richard