A biography for Princess Nokiahasn’t been written yet.
“I'm not aloof at all.”
“Black people have always loved the blues - they basically created the blues.”
“My ancestors had to keep their customs secret for fear of death or persecution, so it's common to be secretive and discreet about Regla de Ocha. But it's my family's spirituality, so I don't want to keep it secret.”
“I literally have my hand in every aspect of the art world that you could imagine. That's what I've always done.”
“Oh, I never fit in anywhere. I'm a loner. I don't even have many friends.”
“Music gives me a focused purpose. It saves my life every day.”
“The street-wear and the very androgynous tomboyish girl, that's just not this new persona I'm introducing... it's me 24/7.”
“I believe in God, Nature, Magic, and the spiritual healing of all holistic properties.”
“With every resurgence or generational turning, fashion and music becomes reiterated.”
“I'm not a docile, complacent person when it comes to racial aggressions.”
“I'm undereducated in politics, and I don't like to involve myself in them because they have dark spaces that I do not want to touch.”
“I'm 100 percent in control of my artistry, music, and finances.”
“I think that sharing experiences with a person is very valuable, because it allows you to have a bond to become closer.”
“People look down on teen moms and young mothers when they are the most gracious and significant women on this Earth. They sacrifice their freedom and their lives to give life.”
“That whole Wavy Spice, '90s thing, it wasn't who I was or what I saw myself doing in the future.”
“All the greatest comedians use comedy and humor to release pain and sadness, and I think that instead of wanting to live within my pain, or live within my sadness, I try to be funny and look at things with a funny view.”
“Growing up in the '90s was the coolest thing to me.”
“I always wanted to make rock music as well or as an element of what I do.”
“My place in New York is very authentic, very old New York. I love old New York.”
“I started modeling before '1992,' and I had already done Calvin Klein and Target and Gap and Diesel, Reebok, so I had been modeling for a little bit.”