I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

You don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind.

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

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

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.

When I read, you know, a rough neighborhood of Portland, I'm like - what? - they didn't have kombucha bars there?