Yolandi Visser

“For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.”

“Music, for me, is just about where you're at, and that's always changing.”

“You always gotta do what you like. If it connects, it's a miracle, but it happened with Die Antwoord.”

“I am Afrikaans. It wasn't ever something that I thought about.”

“Lots of people speak Afrikaans. It's not a statement; it's just a language that we use to communicate. It has its own flavour; it's got its own slang. People laugh. People like it. They like us being open.”

“It's weird how people were always asking us, 'Are you real? Are you joking?' That seems like something Americans care about a lot. You can't answer the question 'Are you real?' If we're anything, we're documentary fiction.”

“You can't get emotional about your work.”

“Zef is, you're poor, but you're fancy. You're poor, but you're sexy; you've got style.”

“I roll with bodyguards when I go back home to South Africa.”

“How do you open up? I didn't know how to.”

“I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.”

“Attention, it just comes and goes. Since we don't have a major label, it's like, what are we gonna do next? You have to make your own decisions.”

“I used to be into Bjork and PJ Harvey, and they used to blow my mind. But there hasn't been a pop star blowing anybody's mind.”

“People are flying you places in business class. Everyone wants to take pictures of you and find out information about you. It's a freak-out. But the more you push boundaries, the more you get ahead.”

“I got irritated with people asking us the same questions. Like, 'Are you a real band?' Journalists wanted to slay us, tried to cut us down, and I just started caring less and less about doing interviews. With Facebook and Instagram, you kind of don't need to anyway. But now and again, we'll do something when there's new information to share.”

“My hair was long with a fringe, and people would make jokes, calling me Britney and Lady Gaga.”

“Our music's got flavor; it's got skill. And we present it really well.”

“I wanted to be a cool mom. It was hectic. I felt very isolated for a long time, but in the end, it was cool because it helped me and Ninja stick together. If we hadn't, we would have maybe drifted.”

“I work with Ninja, Ninja works with me.”

“You can't try and make something you think someone else will like. You can only make what you like. How can you make a song that Yo-Landi Visser likes? You don't know me. You'll never understand me.”