For what I can imagine and feel and think and hear, I can hardly do anything on the acoustic bass. It used to be just pure frustration of imagining so much more and being able to get to a certain level of execution.

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.

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.

What I'm identifying with is the vision or the idea - whatever was the little nugget that started it.

Whoever you are, if you know what you're doing, you don't want other people to overtake the merit of your art.

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

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