A biography for Dawn Richardhasn’t been written yet.
“How many people can say they had Anna Wintour on a record? Not even an album, just a mixtape? It's audacious, disrespectful, and I feel like it's a little bit raw, and that's what Dirty Money is.”
“'Redemption' sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will.”
“I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me.”
“There's definitely that tribal Africana thing going on in my sound. It's that marching band, second-line music, that Creole-influence in the kick, and the snare that drives everything for me. I think it's really what's separated my sound from a lot of the R&B and pop music out there.”
“I wanted to make an album that sounded like a release of inhibitions, really getting away from the idea that you have to be anything other than in that moment.”
“I really got back to my New Orleans roots - my grandfather played with Fats Domino. We had to leave after Katrina, but I feel like, spiritually, I'm back there.”
“I connect so much with Peter Gabriel's sound because, to me, he always had that South African vibe. His drums were always something to move to: it was almost like Calypso. I'm a big fan.”
“It's always interesting when you're doing things yourself - getting the lighting, getting everybody together. It's exciting.”
“I don't wish homelessness on anyone, especially when you come from where your parents work hard.”
“It's a lot of work being an indie artist, but it's worth it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Songwriting was my own journey. I never fit in with structure in songwriting.”
“I got in the audition line called 'Making the Band' because I wanted to be in a band. If I didn't, I would have done 'American Idol.'”
“I don't take myself too seriously.”
“My uncle is in the hall of fame for creating by hand some of the most intricate Indian Mardi Gras garb.”
“You don't need validation from other people. You've gotta find it within yourself and sit in it and roll with it.”
“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.”
“Instagram is just something I like to do. I feel it's the best way to portray who you are.”
“'Blackheart' is purely falling into the electronic world and pushing the envelope.”