I'm just being the artist that I would have loved if I was a child. Dawn Angelique More Quotes by Dawn Angelique More Quotes From Dawn Angelique I thought if I gave people all of my journey in one go, it could be overwhelming and easily forgotten, and I didn't want to make an album where the single was so popular that you overlook the whole record. So three parts felt right - it's a number that can't be divided into. Dawn Angelique journey numbers people I like to make people dream and think and imagine and learn and study. Nowadays, music is so literal - it's telling you, "This is how it is," and my music's the opposite. I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know. Dawn Angelique dream people thinking I'm not going to say I'll never rock with a band, because I'm too much of a fan of the aesthetic of a great band. But a girl group? Not again. Dawn Angelique rocks groups girl I had to appreciate other things about music, like the writing and the cadence and dealing with producers. I became a student. I wanted to learn the actual idea of what this industry was before I could creatively speak a lot of the things that I wanted to speak. Dawn Angelique appreciate writing ideas Major labels limit you, but I also learned my tricks from getting around that. Dawn Angelique tricks labels limits At a label, you are confined to the team you have, but I did all my solo work myself, and that makes you more agile and able to go into weirder corners. Dawn Angelique labels able team I grew up in the dance school my mother owned, and I see everything in body shapes, everything visual. Dawn Angelique body mother school I have been doing choreography my whole life, and it's so important to make that marriage between music and the body. Dawn Angelique whole-life body important I've only covered a few songs because I feel that if you're not going to go beyond the original artist in some way, then don't disrespect what they created. Dawn Angelique disrespect artist song I've always been an outsider kid. But I had always wanted to be in a group - growing up, I loved bands like the Cranberries and K's Choice. Dawn Angelique growing-up choices kids I've learned that you only become as creative as you possibly can by staying independent. Dawn Angelique ive-learned independent creative I always thought music was open to all things. Dawn Angelique all-things We get discouraged sometimes when people look at surface only and neglect the message. Dawn Angelique messages people looks The same people neglecting and hating are the ones going through issues in their own lives, and they're scared to face that. Dawn Angelique issues hate people I've always loved literature, and the best books I read were always trilogies. Dawn Angelique trilogies literature book Color has always evoked emotion for me: visually, internally, emotionally. Dawn Angelique emotion color The only person who can confine you is yourself. Dawn Angelique persons Even in independent music, people push towards radio. It is very political. Dawn Angelique independent political people There's always going to be a fight between mainstream and underground because the mainstream is a very small bubble, and the underground scene is a very small bubble, and they both see themselves as secret societies. Dawn Angelique scene fighting secret It's frustrating when you feel like you have a message to get out and people just judge you regardless. Dawn Angelique judging messages people
