Quotes About Autonomy

I don't like to deal with studios.

The studios aren't lining up to make films about black protagonists, black people being autonomous and independent.

We don't over-manage projects like the studios do.

There's no point in me meeting with a bunch of producers or studios, because I'll write my own scripts in my own time.

I made my own contacts and I recorded in different studios, and it was something that I did by myself without the assistance and help with my family at first.

Often I've had problems automatically bending to a lover's will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, 'This is what I love!'

Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.

There is a lot of stuff we can't control, but it is completely in our power to decide what the definition of what a good job is. That's up to us.

The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff.

It's why I started music, to have my own stuff happening - something that I can say is mine, something that I have ownership of.

I learned that I can earn many things if I don't use stunts and do everything myself.

Freedom means the freedom to be stupid, and that's what I want.

If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that.

Progressivism is the belief that we have too much freedom with which to make too many stupid choices.

As far as the melodic style, I feel like I'm in my own lane.

My style is all to myself.

For me, I analyze the modern girl, the girl that I'm friends with, and they're empowered: They pay their own bills. They have their own style. They wear clothes - the clothes don't wear them.

I have never followed anyone's style of singing.

It's not my style to blame anybody else.

I dream of a not-so-distant future in which every woman can wake up, decide what she'll wear from the millions of styles in her digital dream closet, and have her outfit magically delivered to her before she finishes her coffee.

I don't use a stylist. I know what I like, so I do it myself. I rip things out from fashion magazines. It's easy to order when the phone number is right on the page.

I've never had a stylist, and I've always chosen my own clothes.

I've never had a stylist or anything. I don't let people style me.

Honestly, sometimes I get really fed up of my subconscious - it's like it's got a mind of its own.