Kelis Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I needed a break, and going to culinary school turned a lightbulb on that I didn't have to make music. The people in the music business forget that not only is there an entire world of people out there who do not care what we do, we are not creating the wheel.”

“I was never an R&B artist. People coined me one, but that's because, especially if you're in the States, if you're black and you sing, then you're R&B.”

“In food, it's really, like, either you're right, or you're wrong. You know, people's taste buds kind of vary, but there's a technique. Either you do it right, or you don't.”

“The key to sauces is having patience. I'm not a patient woman, but I learned with sauces that you have to get everything on a slow roll and layer the flavors. That's where you get robust tastes: it starts one way and ends another.”

“Everyone's attention span is getting shorter. As a result, everything - films, music, art - gets watered down and dumber. Every now and again, you get something great, but not often.”

“I'm a multi-platinum recording artist; my passion is food.”

“As a black artist in America, you know, it is so segregated as far as the radio goes and how they position music on the radio.”

“I had always been a fan of Nas, but I never met him. This is the one guy in the industry who's, like, the phantom rapper.”

“My audience is made up of such bizarre, rare people. They're very sparse and scattered; it's not like a huge body of people.”

“My desire was never to put out albums; it was to do musical theatre!”