Up-and-coming musicians can easily reach out and find a loving teacher, and that's definitely what happened to me.

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

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

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

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

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

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.