Architects see the world a certain way, and cooks see and smell the world a certain way. [Dancing ] is always been my lens, what I use to see.

I think the lion, besides the elephant, was the one animal that I just started thinking about so much.

I quit piano and violin because it felt too rigid. It was just my thing, something I fell in love with from a very early age.

I think the world tries to put people in a box, like this is the only appropriate way to be beautiful.

The women in my family are just strong women who do their own thing, so I knew I needed to have individuals like that.

Of course the Disney movies, you know all the soundtracks, and anything Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire were doing - Singing in the Rain was one of my favorite musicals I used to watch a lot because my mom came from a theatre background.

It's definitely evolved from where it started - for 'Treat Me Like Fire,' I wanted something extremely wild because I was going to be running through the woods and I wanted it really nappy and crazy.