Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me..

Whoever you are, if you know what you're doing, you don't want other people to overtake the merit of your art..

There's the juiciest music that makes me so happy, music that I need on that deserted island when I'm stranded for the rest of my life, and nobody ca….

When people say, "Oh, she plays like a dude," it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, "Oh, she's as good as us." Of course, th….

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

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women. When people say, 'Oh, she plays like a dude,' it's usually dudes who ….

For what I can imagine and feel and think and hear, I can hardly do anything on the acoustic bass. It used to be just pure frustration of imagining s….

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women..

The Czech ease has become my saving grace for traveling! Plus,with its light weight and small size, I save thousands of dollars every year in airline….

It's a pity if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into this very thin slice of what's desirable an….

I love people, and I love to be with people and to make music with people, but my natural state is to revert back to being by myself in my house, whi….

I did grow up in a rough neighborhood in Portland, which is an abstract concept for anybody who's rolled through Portland because now it looks like a….

My name means 'hope' in Spanish and it's a name I want to live up to..

It's weird sometimes to have people not see me or see what I do..

The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more people have started to connect with my hear….

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

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility..

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

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..

What I'm identifying with is the vision or the idea - whatever was the little nugget that started it..

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it..