We are - as artists, we are racialized through genre and called black - without being called black - through genre.

I've talked about that with friends, about what genre makes sense to choose for each record and the strategy around that... Sometimes it's more about the moment of time, and other times it's more about the sound of the song. Sometimes it's about what's going on in larger life, in politics.

I think I'm taking risks and putting myself out there.

My music sounds like one synergised thing, one message.

The goal is to blow the audience's mind.

I just want to live in a world where I can tell a guy, 'This is the deal: I really want this. I really want you. But it's also not that deep.'

There is this feeling among black artists that you have to be really careful. We're not inclined to talk about this stuff because, if we do, we put ourselves in a position where we're not marketable or where we can't win.

I'm pushing back against the white, misogynistic, heterosexual establishment in the music industry. Like, literally, in all its forms.

There's definitely a push and a pull to 'legitimize' electronic music live by playing the same way that a band would play.

I would love to do an album of standards!

When I was growing up... I'm not going to say I listened to everything, but when it comes to vocals, I was really adamant about imitating all kinds of voices.

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

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

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 am not carefree. I'm just not. I experience an immense amount of joy, a crazy amount of joy through sadness and so much struggle. There's something problematic about 'carefree black girl.'

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

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.

To me, the best writing points to something literal or common but is also nuanced: The moment when somebody is telling you they love you while simultaneously disappointing you. Everybody's experienced that.

I've always had this commitment to not being in one thing.

I am your homegirl, at the end of the day, but I also feel very... outside. So if you're finding solace in feeling outside with me, then we're good to go.

The act of me just being robust in the world is so radical - it's so radical for a black woman to think she's going to be a star, because it takes so much to get there. It's still a battle every day, but I feel happy because I feel like I cracked the code and figured out how to work through it. Now I want to give the map to other women.

As it pertains to my black womanhood, there's just a lot of ground to cover. There's a lot of stuff to say.

I'm finding out what part of punk culture or white indie culture I actually still want to hold onto - What are the values? What are the contributions that I actually like? - and it not coming from a place of desperation or wanting to be embraced or wanting approval, essentially.

When I was little, my parents would have these gatherings, and it was a common thing for me and my cousins to have to put on, like, shows.