“I started singing because it was a natural evolution in hip-hop to me....” — Jidenna Quote

“I started singing because it was a natural evolution in hip-hop to me. Without Prince, I wouldn't have embraced that. I wouldn't have been able to embrace me.”

“For me, I wear a suit because I need to remember what's happened before me.”

“My style is not specific to the antebellum South, but it's heavily inspired by the Jim Crow era.”

“I have an amazing spouse; we're a team. He works, and I work, and we sort of do this dance with each other so that we can be present to our kids. But I think the whole 'balance' thing is an illusion; we just embrace the imbalance.”

“I tend to stay with the panic. I embrace the panic.”

“When you're in prison, you either embrace religion or you reject it. I embraced it; it was a very spiritual time for me.”