Jillian Hervey Quotes

#1. The freedom I experienced as a dance major in college gave me so much, but the reality of being in school is that you are still forced to work under restrictions.

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#2. Of course, I'm a dancer. Dancing grabbed me from the start and I have was never afraid to do it. With out dance I wouldn't be singing. I want to expose people to the underground dance scene through music.

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#3. I've always been an animal lover my entire life.

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#4. That experience of being in the wild in a place where life initially began for all creatures gave me a overwhelming sense of connection.

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#5. I would feel weird having someone style me. It would have to be a collaboration. I've had those experiences and every time it happens I don't feel good. What's the point of putting all this work into something and then when you present it, it's not you?

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#6. I prefer to do things by myself, but I always bring in people who inspire me.

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#7. I'm totally into the emotional aspect of things.

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#8. Sometimes words come easily and sometimes they don't. Most songs take me twenty minutes to write.

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#9. Transformation comes in a lot of different forms, but going natural really helped me love myself.

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#10. You need to have honest things in the world. Even if people don't understand it, if it's coming from you, that's already important.

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#11. People just try to put you in a box and I don't see myself in any particular box. I'm making my own box. There's no way I would be able to make the music I'm making without dancing ...

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#12. I tend to write about love because I'm always thinking about it. I think a lot though and struggle with overanalyzing. Way over. That's the thing, I feel like I do that a lot and then finally when I stop thinking, that's when it happens.

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#13. [New York] gives you room to be weird; you can be yourself and you can wear whatever you want. No one is really going to judge you because everyone is doing their own thing.

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#14. I'm not looking to be the greatest pop star of all time. I want to be an artist. I want to influence people and I want to get people to think about the world, to think and talk to each other and connect. To challenge one another.

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#15. This world is going in all sorts of directions, but I think all you can do is get people to think about things in a different way, because sometimes people aren't even thinking.

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#16. I've always loved vintage and I never like to have something someone else has.

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#17. Once you train you develop your own aesthetic and your confidence. So, I think as I grow I'm learning how to be a singer. I'm training my voice and being on stage and singing and dancing.

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#18. I was shaped in college into a performance artist. I never really thought of myself as being one singular thing. I think of myself as an artist and I feel no restrictions when it comes to how I want to portray what I want to portray.

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