Being the person I am, you know, the size I am, being a woman, being a black woman, there's not a lot of roles for us.
People like being alike, joining up, and being part of something.
If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you’re so original!
Don’t worry about a style. It will creep up on you and eventually you will have to undo it in order to go further.
I don't like religion very much. I think it's all about people trying to be very certain about things that are very uncertain.
For a long time religion made me feel guilty for being involved in music. Growing up, the religion I grew up in, the Church of Christ, encouraged a capella, but didn't allow musical instruments, so even though my parents allowed me to play trumpet in the band, and I was pretty good at it, it had this baggage.
Making art, I try to just gently persist, instead of having freak-outs where I'm like, Oh, my god, I'll never draw again. You are going to draw again, so you might as well relax.
We are not just these three-dimensional bodies walking around. Our unconscious communicates and other people pick it up and they come to our rescue, or a spirit comes to our rescue.
We're in a period of uncertainty about [Donald Trump] administration policies and the range of what might happen is particularly higher. I don't think that these R&D and innovation budgets will be substantially reduced.
My name is Jared Howe. I haven't spoken to another human being in more than two years, so I'm sure I must seem. . . a little crazy to you.
In Ireland we have a very old saying, When you can see the mountains it's going to rain and when you can't see the mountains it's raining.