Quotes from Princess Nokia

I think that sharing experiences with a person is very valuable, because it allows you to have a bond to become closer.

My experience is that white kids love hip-hop, and brown and black kids love rock music. That shows that brown kids - they carry emotion, they carry pain, they carry oppression and strife.

I had been introduced to rapping in a way where women and people did it, it was structured. It had this very very political structure to it and if you didn't follow the structure, you weren't considered validated or real and that just gave me anxiety.

I was a happy-go-lucky gothic girl who had an optimistic spirit cos I was suffering a lot at home.

I try not to be overly nostalgic, and I don't use nostalgia to be kitschy.

I don't have a make-up artist and I don't need a stylist.

I bike around New York City for hours and write about everything I love, think about, or see. I also ride back and forth on the subway - that's where I get my best writing done.

I'm not aloof at all.

I literally have my hand in every aspect of the art world that you could imagine. That's what I've always done.

Queer culture was introduced to me at a very early age. It was introduced to me with a semi-positive facet because no one in my family is remotely homophobic or closed-minded.

My place in New York is very authentic, very old New York. I love old New York.

Alexandria Ocasio? I think she's dope.

When I was little I wanted to be like Kathleen Hanna or Courtney Love or be attached to the X-girls and hang out in downtown culture.

It's apparent that I'm really eccentric and lively.