Kelis Gets Vocal, “I don’t understand how pop culture really works.”

Kelis covers the December issue of Dazed & Confused Magazine. And as you know, Kelis speaks her mind and she gives readers an eye-full in the interview, being a “believer” and not wanting to be in the “pop star” category. She explained, “I don’t get trends. I don’t understand how popular culture really works.” Peep a few excerpts:

On Being A Believer:

“To me the best artists are the people we believe. That is NOT the popstars, but the ones that are not always perfect. That’s the difference between being a popstar and an artist. I say this all the time, but I think the word artist gets thrown around so lightly, like love, but they’re not the same. Neither one is right or wrong but I want to be in a group of believers. That’s what art is about. It’s about finding a connection and seeing yourself in it. I think about my favourite artists and whether it’s Nina Simone or Kurt Cobain or Grace Jones or Roberta Flack, these were not the most pristine people they were the ones who couldn’t do anything else. I would like to be put in that category.”

Competing In The Industry:

“In music I don’t feel the need to be competitive. I don’t want to be in the race, honestly. It is what it is. I really feel like I can’t make it any better or worse. When I put an album out it is what it is. I don’t understand why we’re competing in music. I did that, you did this. That’s it.”

On Her Future:

“I’ve started to think about it a bit because people start to ring you and say “Will you do a cover of 20 years of Dazed and Confused” (laughs). Music is something that I can never let go of. I don’t know if I’ll be so intensely involved but right now this is all I do and where I’m at. I like to express myself from what I wear to my music, to what I eat so it’ll be there. And I’ll be a mom with more midgets, I like them.”

Kelis In An Irish Pub

P.S. Would Kelis be more successful if she attempted to be more mainstream, musically?

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