“This is not like, ‘Oh, my God!
Poor Dawn.'”
“I said it.
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Oh, my God, it’s out.
I’ve been living in my car.
Oh, my gosh.”
Dawn Robinson, Maxine Jones, Terry Ellis, and Cindy Herron of music group En Vogue in 1993.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty
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“That was wonderful until it wasn’t,” Robinson explained.
Like I respect her too much.’
I didn’t understand it.
I still don’t.
She recalled being continually stressed about whether he could pay the bill.
Robinson hit the road.
“I told my assistant one day, ‘I have been researching car life.
“I just thought, ‘Wow, these people.
I could do that, I could do this, I think.
The Grammy-nominated artist was exhilarated, she said, the first night she saw the sunset from her car.
While she has to be careful about safety, she’s happy with her life on the road overall.
“I don’t just divulge that to people.
If you don’t know who I am, I’m not telling you that part.”
Robinson said she hopes to inspire others.
“This is not like, ‘Oh, my God!
Poor Dawn, she’s living in her car, and it’s terrible.
Oh, woe is me.’
It’s not that.
Like I said, I’m learning about who I am.
I’m learning myself as a person, as a woman,” she explained.
No, I’m always going to have an apartment.
I can’t live in my car.
How can I do that?'”
Robinson, Cindy Herron, Terry Ellis, and Maxine Jones formed En Vogue in 1989.
Robinson left the group in 1997, but she rejoined them for short stints in the 2000s and 2010s.
