A biography for Princess Nokiahasn’t been written yet.
“I was always so many different things, all at once: a little hood, a little punk, a little grunge, a little glam, a little gay. I have a whole bunch of flavours.”
“I think that if I was a white male people would get me more. I do. I think that. I think a lot of things would make more sense if I was a guy and if I had people supporting me and saying this is the greatest thing in the world.”
“I'm very 'nothing-bothers-me,' laissez faire. Everything works for me.”
“I'm kind of like a musical Bill Cunningham.”
“The world is going to come to a place where we're all being spied on and nothing is private.”
“My mother picked my name with a spiritual intention: Destiny, 'what was meant to be.' She was a very special woman, and a gifted witch.”
“I meditate and pray multiple times a week to guide myself with divine clarity.”
“I model a lot and I'm very fortunate and blessed to be able to do as many partnerships I do for an underground musician such as myself.”
“Everything really came together on '1992.' That isn't to dismiss my earlier works - they were great - but when I focused myself on hip-hop everything just clicked.”
“I'm really into the fact that I could walk into any room and snatch any man in there like it's nothing.”
“I've written all of my songs, I directed all my videos. Every part of what I've done for music, from the visuals to the business, I did it. And I'm really proud of that.”
“I bike around New York City for hours and write about everything I love, think about, or see. I also ride back and forth on the subway - that's where I get my best writing done.”
“The music that I will continue to make will certainly draw upon those experiences of being a loner, of being an emo goth kid, of being a New York City aficionado, of being a witch, a feminist, a brown radical woman.”
“There's no money in music. I know that. I think the whole world should know that.”
“I truly have a lot of faith in the universe even when I'm down, I'm always good.”
“I'm loud, I'm super comedic about my life, and I always try to look for partners who are the same about theirs, and with that I just try to always find a partner who I can have a laugh with who completely understands me before I begin to share anything.”
“I actually didn't own any North Face until I was 18 and the first one I had was a gorgeous Blue Extreme and I loved it.”
“I'm not trendy and I'm not popular.”
“I don't think many people have met someone like me. I don't think the world gets to see too many women like me, and I enjoy being that woman.”
“Growing up, I loved Boy George, George Michael, Annie Lennox, Queen, Freddie Mercury, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross.”