"I believe—when somebody gave me a pencil and a sheet of paper—was to create a world for myself, basically. It sort of…"

"People like to hold onto life in many ways, but everything is transitory. This is it, right now. Youth doesn’t last f…"

"The hardest thing these days is to make something that’s beautiful; it’s easy to make ugly art. I think it takes a lo…"

"Music is my first love. Ever since I was a little girl I've dreamt of one day being lucky enough to share my music wi…"

"Lyrics to me are of utmost importance and they mean so much to me — in every song that I write, the lyrics have to co…"

"I've dedicated myself to ensuring that every word that I say, everything I write, every role that I play … I know tha…"

"We just need to normalise our hearts' not having boundaries. I think that there's this idea that we as public figures…"

"I'm a young Latina woman growing up in a primarily white area of town where I live. I've been called it all. My hate …"

"It's the most jarring feeling as someone who is quite literally in therapy for impostor syndrome. You're sitting at t…"

"When I was in the running for María in 'West Side Story,' they kept calling to ask if I was legit. I remember thinkin…"