Rosalia

“I would always change my Barbies. I'd cut their hair, paint on tattoos, and create new clothes for them. I would invent elaborate stories: fights, dramas, successes. I would try out my ideas on them. And sometimes they would sing!”

“My music is a reflection of my way of thinking, and I take risks because I know I must. If I win, I win, and if I don't, I still win.”

“Barcelona is an open and multicultural city. It's brimming with a very special creative energy. If you pay attention, you may be easily inspired by the places and people living there.”

“Milionaria' is the first song I've composed and I published in Catalan, it's also the first song I do inspired by Catalan rumba. I started it in Seville while I was waiting at the airport and I finished it in Barcelona.”

“No one in my family plays music. But since I was very little, I would go around the house singing and dancing. And when I was 8, my parents asked me to get up and sing something at a family meal. I had my eyes closed, singing - la la la la la - and when I opened them, the whole family was crying.”

“Honestly, I don't know what kind of artist I am.”

“Even though the public may perceive me differently, I always feel like I'm learning something new, and I like seeing myself this way. It keeps me focused on doing things with the love and care that comes from knowing you can always improve. I always have that in my head.”

“There are so many songwriters that people don't know about. There's so many producers that people don't know about.”

“If something is too perfect, it doesn't speak your language. If it's imperfect, I understand it.”

“My mother always had flowers at home, they were always there. In the garden, on the table, fresh flowers. I think I relate flowers to the women in my life.”

“I know that when you take a risk, the consequence will never be a neutral response; it will either be very positive or very negative.”

“My sound has always evolved and I hope it continues to do so.”

“There's a lot of magic in voices. I love voices that are very old, very gravelly, very deep. I like metallic voices; I like velvety voices. The voices of children.”

“I understand that a lot of people can't connect with my music, because it's a radical proposal and a personal proposal. There will be people who can connect with it, and many that can't.”

“It's our roots that really give us our identity.”

“I feel like the music I'm doing is very experimental and very radical.”

“When I make music I try to do something that people can relate to.”

“I was never in a hurry to make my first album. I knew I wouldn't do it until I knew exactly what I wanted it to be.”

“I always liked motorcycles and cars when I was a kid.”

“Clearly, there is an audience that doesn't enjoy what I am doing because it isn't traditional.”