Zitat des Tages von FKA twigs:
I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever... I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me.
I'm appealing to people who want something different, but the world, on the whole, doesn't really embrace different things. Not on the whole.
I definitely keep myself to myself; I don't really go out. If my friends want to see me, they know to come around to my house.
If you're an artist, you have to use everything to your advantage, even the pain.
I don't know if I'm a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. I was like, 'Mum, it hurts.'
I've soaked up so much through dancing, but I also have to be still. I want to be silent and read, to shut up and take time to respect the vision someone put into a book.
Vulnerability is the strongest state to be in. How boring would it be if we were constantly dominant or constantly submissive?
I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.
I love my music, so I want to produce, write, and serve my music. I've had to learn about EQ frequencies and programming and space and clutter and how to be a better piano or bass player - everything.
I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
Half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm fascinating. Everything neutralises. It's more of a statement on society and how weird it is.
Obviously I know if you're putting yourself out there, saying, 'Hey! Listen to my music!,' with pictures of yourself in the magazines, then people are going to judge you. 'I hate her music. I hate her hair. I hate her production. I hate her videos.' Fine: don't care. That's the great thing about art: it's not for everyone.
I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life.
I feel confident that the work I've put in will make people see me as a music artist before anything else.
I'm an artist, and I'm a bit weird, and I'm probably a bit eccentric.
I write exactly what I think. If it's a raw subject, I write lots of things and then pull out all the fluff words.
I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
Twigs has been my nickname for years, and I guess a lot of people close to me called me Twigs, like, as a nickname. Before I even did dancing properly or anything, like, substantially creative, I was still Twigs.
I'm the happiest when I'm in the studio, not on a beauty parade.
It's weird: for someone who mostly really exists online, I'm actually not very interested in the Internet at all.
Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving them their place to shine.
I've never been into the typical R&B voice, with runs and bluesy sounding words. That doesn't suit me.
I'm a country girl. The more big cities I go to, the more fashionistas and designers I meet who want to dress me, the more I have all these kind of superficial but amazing experiences, the more I just realize that I'm from Gloucestershire.
