Rhiannon Giddens Quotes
I'm really interested in history and when I looked into the settlers who came to my home state, North Carolina, I found that the largest settlement of Hebridean islanders outside of Scotland was right there in North Carolina.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
My life used to be record, tour, record, tour. You can never say no as a freelance musician. I was on the road 200 days a year.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
Black women have historically had the most to lose and have therefore been the fiercest fighters for justice.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
American music is always best when it comes from a mixture of things.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
Ibn Said's autobiography is an extraordinary work, and his story is one that's absolutely crucial to tell.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
I love the U.K. folk scene. In the States, nobody knows what to do with me. There's still a very narrow definition of Americana.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
Being mixed in the South, that's a struggle that everybody deals with differently. Some people go careening to one side or the other, and some people try to walk a tightrope between the two. I grew up spending equal time with both sides of my family.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
We have been fed so many false narratives, many of them racialized to deliberately feed a racist agenda. It's important to address and dig into that wherever you can.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
When I got into college, I got into operatic vocalists, like Leontyne Price.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
I stood on people's shoulders, so I want to be there for somebody else to take it even further.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
I'm a North Carolina native. Grew up in North Carolina.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
Music affects people in a way that bare facts can't.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
I like Queen Latifah.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
I think it's important that everybody has access to music, and not just people who live in cities or who can afford to drive to the nearest city.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
I decided to study music my last year in high school.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
I'm not an urban black person. I'm a country black person.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
History is my biggest teacher.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
I'm not gonna force something or fake something to try to get more black people at my shows. I'm not gonna do some big hip-hop crossover.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
I mean, my training at Oberlin has been absolutely valuable.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
I kind of have found my identity through the music, through the roots music of North Carolina, and kind of realized that that's my identity as a North Carolinian.
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
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