Author: Kelela

Quotes

I would love to do an album of standards!

I would love to do an album of standards!

- Kelela

Fog and one blue light is all I need in life at the club. Just a dark room and loud music. I'm into that.

Fog and one blue light is all I need in life at the club. Just a dark room and loud music. I'm into that.

- Kelela

I really do like Solange, sincerely. I'm down for her, and I trust her judgment.

I really do like Solange, sincerely. I'm down for her, and I trust her judgment.

- Kelela

I like to try out different methods to get to good songs.

I like to try out different methods to get to good songs.

- Kelela

I spent a lot of time in college. I was just being academic and discovering myself through reason and analysis.

I spent a lot of time in college. I was just being academic and discovering myself through reason and analysis.

- Kelela

Popular music was this abstraction - an abstraction that I was relating to immensely but was ultimately far away.

Popular music was this abstraction - an abstraction that I was relating to immensely but was ultimately far away.

- Kelela

Even on my most angry song, I'm also still saying, 'Thank you for helping me to learn.' I've always wanted to give voice to that complexity in our experience.

Even on my most angry song, I'm also still saying, 'Thank you for helping me to learn.' I've always wanted to give voice to that complexity in our experience.

- Kelela

I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and melody that I already have set. Everything is left to chance.

I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and melody that I already have set. Everything is left to chance.

- Kelela

I'm just trying to soundtrack your real life. I'm just trying to give you a place to feel safe in all the parts of your experience.

I'm just trying to soundtrack your real life. I'm just trying to give you a place to feel safe in all the parts of your experience.

- Kelela

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