You're Just So Excited That You Have

My Parents Only Played Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye. That's When New Kids Came Out, And We Wanted To Jam That. My Mom Was Like, "put That Thing Off And Put My Damn Record On". So From Old School To '90s To Recent, It's Just Always Been There.

I Always Have Looked At "indie" As A Term Of "independence." Never Associated A Sonic Gesture With That In The Same Way That Pop Music Has Always Meant "popular" To Me It Didn't Define A Sound. And I Think Now That Has Been The Context For Things. If Something Is Indie, It Almost Has This Sonic Association With It, Or Pop Has Become This Term Of Shame Almost, Like, Bubblegum Sweet Pop.

We Are Getting An Education Of A Lifetime. We're Actually Out There In The Real World.

I Think Many People, Especially From Other Cultures, Just Don't Understand The Role Hair Plays In Black Women's Lives.

I Actually Love My Natural Hair When It's In A Twist Out And It's Been Slept On For Five Days And Revived By The Steam Of The Shower.