In New York everyone just kind of knows each other.

I grew up as a dancer, and music and dance are so closely tied, that in ballet class you're listening to all this classical music, and in modern class you're working with a live drummer. It was something that always made me feel really comfortable and I've had a connection to since the beginning.

I wanted to fight to get into the front. I was just hungry to do it.

I've always been kind of surrounded by music my whole life, so my earliest memories of it were just hearing it in the house.

The people that have inspired me the most were dancers and choreographers.

That experience of being in the wild in a place where life initially began for all creatures gave me a overwhelming sense of connection.

South Africa was something that just kind of hit me.