I love to dance to Robyn, Nicki Minaj and Boney M.

- Nomi Ruiz

I grew up on rap and hip-hop and fell into dance music. Hip-hop died down, and I moved more into dance music, disco and house. It feels very natural.…

- Nomi Ruiz

I've been performing live a long time, even before doing dance music clubs downtown. I used to watch clips of Beyoncé to learn how to perform in fron…

- Nomi Ruiz

New York is very intense. Every time I go back to New York, I'm starting from scratch. You could have all these achievements - records, a tour - and …

- Nomi Ruiz

I'd feel more of the pressures of daily life, obsessed about finding a job or love. Maybe I've taken these things for granted. I go through a lot of …

- Nomi Ruiz

It's different everywhere you go. I'm lucky I'm drawn into people who love and support me. I'm sheltered from that life. I see how all over the world…

- Nomi Ruiz

People expect us to be a straight up dance band but there are many more elements to our sound that you really get to see during our live show and hea…

- Nomi Ruiz

I have tried to fight the love thing. It's a losing battle.

- Nomi Ruiz

I realize that if I were in that situation - living a hard life with people telling them they're not worthy of love - maybe I would be that strong an…

- Nomi Ruiz