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Dawn Richard
American
Musician
Born:
Aug 5
,
1983
Always
Me
Music
People
Think
You
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Be exactly who you are. You can fit in any space you see yourself in. Be fearless.
Dawn Richard
You
Yourself
Space
Exactly
See
Fearless
Fit
Any
Who
Dreams rise like the sun and set like the sun: One minute, it is high and bright; the next minute, you might lose it.
Dawn Richard
Dreams
You
Lose
Sun
One Minute
High
Minute
Rise
Like
Might
Next
Bright
Set
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.
Dawn Richard
Life
Teacher
Music
Good
School
Gigs
He
Masters
His
Taught
Whole
Dad
Elementary
Lived
Elementary School
Played
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.
Dawn Richard
Me
Creative
Control
Indie
Only
Mentality
Allowed
Deal
Still
Label
Creative Control
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.
Dawn Richard
Art
Time
You
Financial
Just Be
Pleasure
Out
Put
Know
Fame
Fame Thing
Get
Artist
Just
Being
Cool
Thing
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.
Dawn Richard
You
Soul
People
Country
Skin
Peg
See
Color
Put
Come
Alternative
Comfortable
Hear
Linear
Brand
Just
Artists
Different
Want
Us
Your
Just as much as you need the people who love you, you need the people who doubt you - to prove them wrong.
Dawn Richard
Love
You
People
Doubt
Wrong
Prove
Just
Just As Much
Love You
Them
Much
Who
Need
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
Love
Treat
Stage
Design
Though
Could
Smaller
Always
Bigger
Either
Shows
Platform
Belong
Besides music, I was all school, school, school. And softball. I played the game since I was four, and I wanted to go to the Olympics for softball. I got a full scholarship through softball.
Dawn Richard
Music
Game
School
Softball
Besides
Through
Scholarship
Since
Got
Go
Wanted
Full
Four
Played
Olympics
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.'
Dawn Richard
Music
You
Girl
Warrior
Biology
Softball
Baby
Everything
Visited
Hawaii
Studios
Major
Like
Go
Campus
Going
Pacific
Gonna
Then
Dad
Originally
Play
Rainbow
Set
University
Marine
I write for myself. It's therapy.
Dawn Richard
Myself
Write
Therapy
I couldn't do a record without knowing I'll translate it into something visual.
Dawn Richard
Visual
Record
Something
Knowing
Without
Translate
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.
Dawn Richard
Dance
Think
Lyrics
Way
Visuals
Imperative
Artist
Just
Want
Storyteller
Your
Choreography
Fashion is my lover on the side, but I am married to music.
Dawn Richard
Music
Fashion
Lover
Side
Married
Am
My father's music is all I remember from my childhood.
Dawn Richard
Music
Remember
Father
Childhood
Anything that creates fear, I want to conquer it.
Dawn Richard
Fear
Want
Anything
Creates
Conquer
The black geeks of the world, we feel like we don't have a home.
Dawn Richard
Home
World
Black
Geeks
Feel
Like
I did write more mainstream stuff with DK. But you could always tell the records that I wrote in contrast with everybody else's because the format was a bit different. The harmonies were used in a different type of way. Way more metaphors in the mix.
Dawn Richard
You
Everybody
Harmonies
Else
Type
Way
Bit
Tell
More
Records
Could
Write
Mainstream
Stuff
Wrote
Because
Always
Metaphors
Mix
Were
Contrast
Did
Different
Format
Used
Different Type
There is a thing about women that needs to be understood. We don't sit well with being put in a certain place.
Dawn Richard
Needs
Women
Sit
About
Put
Well
Understood
Being
Place
Certain
Thing
I always knew who I was, but everyone else wanted to me to be their 'idea' of the 'right' artist. At times, I even believed them.
Dawn Richard
Me
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Knew
Idea
Always
Times
Artist
Wanted
Them
Who
Even
Believed
Right
I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me.
Dawn Richard
Me
You
Find
Mainstream
Gotta
I promised myself that I wouldn't be afraid to be who I was when I chose to do this music thing.
Dawn Richard
Music
Myself
Promised
Afraid
Who
Chose
Thing
I love what a women embodies. I love our bodies; I love the way we communicate with our bodies. I love the way dance creates movement. It's art in motion.
Dawn Richard
Love
Art
Women
Communicate
Dance
Our
Way
Embodies
Motion
Movement
Bodies
Creates
Hair pieces and head dresses have always been something that's been part of my culture.
Dawn Richard
Culture
Hair
Dresses
Something
Part
Head
Pieces
Always
Been
I don't really feel there's rules in my everyday wear. I kind of do whatever the hell I want to do.
Dawn Richard
Whatever
Hell
Everyday
Rules
Kind
Wear
Feel
Want
Really
I like being in charge. I like being able to control my own destiny and ideas.
Dawn Richard
Own
Control
Destiny
Charge
Able
My Own
Like
Ideas
Being
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