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

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

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

Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.

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.

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.

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.