Author: Kelela

Quotes

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

I'm just tryna be honest about all the things that I dig in my music. It's not just this over here, it's also that over there.

I'm just tryna be honest about all the things that I dig in my music. It's not just this over here, it's also that over there.

- 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'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

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 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

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

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 would love to do an album of standards!

I would love to do an album of standards!

- Kelela

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