Santigold

“I get inspiration from movies, from fashion, then completely random things you'd never think of.”

“The social media thing is insane: the constant engagement with the public, not even just your fans. It's not really about the music; it's about how you can be seen.”

“There's so many different kinds of songs that could be pop songs. I don't think pop songs should sound the same.”

“I wrote and recorded 'Outside the War' and 'Run from the Races' while I was nine months pregnant.”

“I like when pop is still good music; that's what I like.”

“Anyway, I'd get bored with just doing music!”

“I feel like good music comes and goes in waves.”

“I grew up listening to topical music - songs that were about things. So when I write songs, a lot of the time, they're about the things weighing on my heart that I want people to think about.”

“But 'Sixteen Candles' is the only movie I could watch over and over and over without getting sick of it.”

“To me, I don't think a song's complete unless it's got a great variety of different textures.”

“I'm kind of thinking that I might start trying to do some acting. I really enjoy role play.”

“Around 2008 was a really special time culturally. There were a lot of cool things going on in music, in fashion, politically. It was a really hopeful time and a really creative time.”

“People can feel stuff in a different way when it's through music. If you can get some inspiration into a song, it might be received in a more impactful way than if you were just to have a conversation.”

“When I go with different producers, and they've thought about what they want to do, I think they feel a little bit more free, because they know almost any sound will work on my record if we pull it together properly - so they don't feel so limited.”

“I've just been learning how to direct my own videos, choreography, doing costumes... every creative opportunity there is with my music I've taken.”

“My mom's collard greens. No one else in the world can make them like hers. I'm not just saying that because she's my mom. She's got some Mississippi secret. I could seriously eat them every day.”

“I'm terrible at social media, and it sucks for me, because I know I have fans. But if you go by my Instagram, you would think, 'No one listens to her music!' It's not fair. My Instagram is not my music.”

“Politics are wack - it's mostly about the characters instead of the issues, like how religion is about religion instead of spirituality.”

“I hate musicals, especially film musicals.”

“Oh my God, I love doing acting.”