I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.