Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.

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

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

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

There's the juiciest music that makes me so happy, music that I need on that deserted island when I'm stranded for the rest of my life, and nobody cares that it's there.

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women. 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. It's totally stereotypical to say, 'We have an advantage on this, and if anyone else can do it well, it's only because they're like us.' I think more men are starting to learn that this attitude is totally hollow and based in imagination. As more women are involved in music, this kind of thing gets said less and less.

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