My name means 'hope' in Spanish and it's a name I want to live up to.

I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.

Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued.

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

When people say, "Oh, she plays like a dude," it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, "Oh, she's as good as us." Of course, that's a stupid statement.

The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more people have started to connect with my heart, and I haven't followed some kind of marketing scheme.