“I hate genres. I think they're just marketing labels.” — Rhiannon Giddens Quote

“I hate genres. I think they're just marketing labels.”

“Black women have historically had the most to lose and have therefore been the fiercest fighters for justice.”

“In order to understand the history of the banjo, and the history of bluegrass music, we need to move beyond the narrative we've inherited, beyond generalizations that bluegrass is mostly derived from a Scotch-Irish tradition with influences from Africa. It is actually a complex Creole music that comes from multiple cultures.”

“I'm going to keep myself open in terms of genres.”

“I'm an artist, not a rapper... so my musical genres and library is way beyond the normal rapper.”

“I want people to believe that I can pull off more than one or two types of genres or characters.”