I'm not into branding - I'm trying to be organic to who I am on every level. I do really connect to being a part of the working class. Those are my roots. My family [consists of] farmers from Portugal, builders, housekeepers and stonemasons.

We can't automatically think about young women in makeup negatively. Sometimes a woman engages in these new forces and energies of beauty coming into her world. They can become tools. She's trying to express her femininity outwardly. I'm still learning too.

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away...

Music is one of the only inanimate things we have left. It can still be mystical, magical and awe-inspiring

I think when you mature, you realize that you really don't have to do anything you don't want to do or be represented in a way that doesn't suit you.

Any time you turn off and let someone else make any artistic decision for you, you make a mistake.

When you follow your heart, you always win and it feels so good.