“When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was...” — Dawn Richard Quote

“When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and they'd owned businesses. We like to work hard. Work and then books. Books and then work. We just knew that we had to excel. It sounds militant, but trust me, it was fun.”

“I always treat shows as though they could belong on either platform. I always design it for the bigger stage, but I love it on the smaller stage.”

“I promised myself that I wouldn't be afraid to be who I was when I chose to do this music thing.”

“I would describe my personal style as putting Twiggy and Yoko Ono together. It is hobo with no rules.”

“Just as much as you need the people who love you, you need the people who doubt you - to prove them wrong.”

“My dad was a teacher. He has a Masters in music. He taught elementary school, and he played gigs his whole life, and we lived good.”

“The tendency is to think if you are a professional woman, it's because you've turned your back on the traditional side. The tendency is not to recognize that we can excel as professionals without giving up our identity of being mother, wife and homemaker.”

“I'm living proof you can excel regardless of where you come from.”

“I think we should be unapologetic that we excel - and look beautiful while doing it.”

“I was a sickly child, not very strong physically. I wasn't really the greatest in school. I didn't really excel in anything particularly. But I was happy with who I was.”

“It's motivating to watch younger teams excel.”

“Getting all the things down game-management wise, that's what I want to excel at.”