A biography for Princess Nokiahasn’t been written yet.
“I try not to be overly nostalgic, and I don't use nostalgia to be kitschy.”
“When I was little I wanted to be like Kathleen Hanna or Courtney Love or be attached to the X-girls and hang out in downtown culture.”
“I don't even know how I became cool.”
“I'm a Puerto Rican woman whose family has roots in Regla de Ocha, also known as Santeria.”
“I've got a lot of male energy.”
“Queer culture was introduced to me at a very early age. It was introduced to me with a semi-positive facet because no one in my family is remotely homophobic or closed-minded.”
“My experience is that white kids love hip-hop, and brown and black kids love rock music. That shows that brown kids - they carry emotion, they carry pain, they carry oppression and strife.”
“Men should understand that women are creatures of nature, and that they are to be respected as nature, and that they are interchangeable and complex like nature.”
“I've always been a champion of love.”
“It took me a long time to get to where I am, but I am here and it is everywhere I want to be. A place where both my artistic merit and hard work meet. A day where I can say, 'Yeah, I'm a musician. A good one.'”
“I used to go onstage with no makeup on. And then I realised I was looking a little crazy and I had to grow up a bit and look more presentable as a woman.”
“Jordans? No. I thought mohawks, leather jackets, studs, piercings, colored hair, leopard print, platforms, all the bondage wear, I thought that was the coolest thing.”
“I feel like I've had a really great time just being able to make all the music that I've always liked to make and listen to and expressing it in different ways.”
“I am a gorgeous woman. That's not me being egotistical or narcissistic. It's just a fact, I'm a knockout.”
“I like to honor my West African and Taino ancestry, I consider it sacred and divine.”
“When white supremacy has you down, honey, go out dancing, have as much fun as you can.”
“That's why I created Smart Girl Club in the first place because I really wanted to combat the non-inclusion that I felt in a lot of places.”