Quotes About Diversity

I've seen and always been extremely aware of racism... casual racism, serious racism... all of that.

If there's anybody who's new to what I do, who maybe heard 'Liberation' or some of the songs off 'Epicloud' and thought, 'This is really cool, I could get into this,' you're going to hate 'Casualties.'

Everyone has a dog or a cat... I just choose other animals.

Ultimately, I'd like to create a body of work where every album has its own personality and a reason to exist within the catalog, not just 'more of the same.'

We live in a world in which there are many live things other than human beings, and many of these things can seem beautiful and amusing and interesting to us if they can catch our attention and if we can step back from our crabbed and limiting and lonely anthropocentricity to consider them.

I always felt a bit different. When I'm with boys, I feel comfortable. When I'm with girls, I catch feelings. It's not anything I can control.

As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.

There are some people who fit into categories very well. But then there are a lot who don't.

Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.

I don't want to be lumped into any categories.

There are so many categories you can pick whatever you like to show who's best.

Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.

I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.

I'm not the only one that people try to put in a box. I think it's easier for people to understand things when they can categorize them.

Rap's the only music that they categorize like that. That's one thing that I hate, like, down South rap, or up North rap. Country is just country rather than wherever it's from. R&B, you don't call it Atlanta R&B, you know what I mean. So that's already like a shot at our culture.

To me now, I don't really categorize music - I see music as all one.

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

A director is a director. We shouldn't categorize one into a this or that director.

A lot of things that I can't get into the room for, even just to be seen, is because they're just saying 'No. they're not casting non-white.' You're lumped into a category with people who are just not white.

I don't want to be put in a category.

I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything.

People wanted to put me in one category, I think because it was easier for them.

I don't like being put into a category.

I like movies that don't fit in a category. Like, 'Get Out' - that was one of my favorite movies in a long time, and what is that?