“My queer black women peers are the ones who make me not feel crazy. Th...” — Kelela Quote

“My queer black women peers are the ones who make me not feel crazy. The way we act is so instinctive.”

“In the music industry, you can't create success without having to engage a white man. It's just not possible. Whether it's executives, A&Rs, and the people that hold the key to your paper, inevitably, you'll be met with whiteness.”

“As a black person on the outside, because there's so much black art and so much of black people's work circulating, so many people imitating what black people do, you would think that there'd be more black people on the business side. It didn't cross my mind that every label head, for the most part, is a white guy.”

“I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk.”

“I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo.”

“My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.”