My earliest memories have to do with music.
I remember going to audition in Toronto for a girl group. I was 15 or 16. I went in with my guitar. I had the wickedest nerves, man! I was decent, but not good enough.
When I sing in Spanish, my tone is different. I feel more relaxed because that's how I speak to my family.
Canada has this really cool way - specifically Toronto - of encouraging you to wave both flags: if you've been born there, like, wave your flag and then wave your parent's flag, too, and be proud of it.
Spanish is my first language.
To be blunt, I feel like lyricism in Spanish is of a different quality than English. You can get really poetic in Spanish, but I feel like if you do that in English, you risk sounding cheesy. In Spanish, it's never that. It's always this deep, passionate, beautiful imagery; it's painted different, a different color.
Music's always been in my home. My dad plays guitar, and I grew up listening to cumbia and salsa and boleros.
I was an awful singer when I was younger.
I'm a fan of writing, and writing letters, because I hate when I'm trying to get a thought out, and I can't.
Frank Ocean - I have so much respect for him.
I don't know how other people have a topic or have a goal when making a song, like, 'Let's write about this, or let's write about that.' It's kind of difficult for me. Personally, I like vibing out and freestyling.
The second you're not honest with yourself, you've lost everything.
At Afropunk, everyone can be themselves, and I think that's beautiful.
I'll never pretend to be I'm something I'm not.
Talk to your enemies; sometimes ignorance comes from a lack of understanding.
You have to have your own back.
I can't be so guarded up all the time. I know it's not healthy.
The power's in the people, more so because we have platforms that we can control, like Instagram, Twitter, Soundcloud, where we can deliver straight. If you're building a fanbase, it's in your hands; it's not monopoly. You can do it.
There are things I still criticize myself heavy for. There are days I have to pick myself back up, but that, to me, is success; it's getting to both sides: physical and the spiritual, mental. Just peace. Peace of mind.
Why am I who I am? It's the way I was raised.
