Princess Nokia Quotes

Princess Nokia

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 14, 1992

I'm a Puerto Rican woman whose family has roots in Regla de Ocha, also known as Santeria.

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I like to honor my West African and Taino ancestry, I consider it sacred and divine.

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My mother picked my name with a spiritual intention: Destiny, 'what was meant to be.' She was a very special woman, and a gifted witch.

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My ancestors had to keep their customs secret for fear of death or persecution, so it's common to be secretive and discreet about Regla de Ocha. But it's my family's spirituality, so I don't want to keep it secret.

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The music that I will continue to make will certainly draw upon those experiences of being a loner, of being an emo goth kid, of being a New York City aficionado, of being a witch, a feminist, a brown radical woman.

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I think that the power of reinvention is very important.

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I feel like I've had a really great time just being able to make all the music that I've always liked to make and listen to and expressing it in different ways.

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I like a lot of older rock 'n' roll artists, like legends like Freddie Mercury and David Bowie. They really influenced me to be very, very androgynous and very commanding, and very very - I wouldn't say odd, but I would say eccentric.

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That's why I created Smart Girl Club in the first place because I really wanted to combat the non-inclusion that I felt in a lot of places.

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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.

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I don't even know how I became cool.

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I started modeling before '1992,' and I had already done Calvin Klein and Target and Gap and Diesel, Reebok, so I had been modeling for a little bit.

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Alexandria Ocasio? I think she's dope.

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I think Yara Shahidi is amazing.

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I just want to purify my body, purify my mind, and make good music and keep living my life.

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The street-wear and the very androgynous tomboyish girl, that's just not this new persona I'm introducing... it's me 24/7.

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

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There's no money in music. I know that. I think the whole world should know that.

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I'm very 'nothing-bothers-me,' laissez faire. Everything works for me.

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I'm not a docile, complacent person when it comes to racial aggressions.

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