I've always been an outsider kid. But I had always wanted to be in a group - growing up, I loved bands like the Cranberries and K's Choice..

I've always loved literature, and the best books I read were always trilogies..

I like to make people dream and think and imagine and learn and study. Nowadays, music is so literal - it's telling you, "This is how it is," and my ….

The only person who can confine you is yourself..

I've learned that you only become as creative as you possibly can by staying independent..

It's frustrating when you feel like you have a message to get out and people just judge you regardless..

I always thought music was open to all things..

I've only covered a few songs because I feel that if you're not going to go beyond the original artist in some way, then don't disrespect what they c….

At a label, you are confined to the team you have, but I did all my solo work myself, and that makes you more agile and able to go into weirder corne….

Major labels limit you, but I also learned my tricks from getting around that..

I grew up in the dance school my mother owned, and I see everything in body shapes, everything visual..

I have been doing choreography my whole life, and it's so important to make that marriage between music and the body..

I thought if I gave people all of my journey in one go, it could be overwhelming and easily forgotten, and I didn't want to make an album where the s….

There's always going to be a fight between mainstream and underground because the mainstream is a very small bubble, and the underground scene is a v….

I had to appreciate other things about music, like the writing and the cadence and dealing with producers. I became a student. I wanted to learn the ….

Even in independent music, people push towards radio. It is very political..

I'm just being the artist that I would have loved if I was a child..

Color has always evoked emotion for me: visually, internally, emotionally..

I'm not going to say I'll never rock with a band, because I'm too much of a fan of the aesthetic of a great band. But a girl group? Not again..

The same people neglecting and hating are the ones going through issues in their own lives, and they're scared to face that..

We get discouraged sometimes when people look at surface only and neglect the message..