There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women.

It's a pity if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into this very thin slice of what's desirable and marketable, chances are the public will never get a chance to hear what they're doing.

I did grow up in a rough neighborhood in Portland, which is an abstract concept for anybody who's rolled through Portland because now it looks like a TV set, literally.

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

It's weird sometimes to have people not see me or see what I do.

There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.