As riveting as her music is, a big question looms: Is Janelle Monáe too weird for mass consumption?
“I don’t worry about those things,’’ she says the next day, still suited up and regal after a string of interviews. “As artists, we have to focus on creating art. There’s a saying that Claude Monet had and I totally agree with him. He said, ‘People discuss my art and pretend that they understand it, as if it was always meant for them to understand.’ All they simply have to do is just love it - or hate it.’’
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