Song Quotes by Jillian Hervey

10 Song quotes by Jillian Hervey

Hervey’s musings on songs blend smooth R&B vibes with thoughtful lyricism. Though the list is brief, each entry reveals her nuanced relationship with music.

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I quit piano and violin because it felt too rigid. It was just my thing, something I fell in love with from…

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Once you train you develop your own aesthetic and your confidence. So, I think as I grow I'm learning how to be…

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

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Between my mom and dad, I would hear a lot of Earth, Wind, and Fire. My mom loved Chaka Khan, so that…

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Both of my mom's parents were music teachers, so I was hearing the fundamentals of playing the piano, what notes are, and…

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For the name Lion Babe, we are a little avant-garde, a little left. And with bands like Blondie, Pink Floyd, or Jamiroquai,…

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Even now, it's so funny how much we do have in common and how much her experiences were similar to mine. But…

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It doesn't necessarily always come down to race in the music industry. It can be whoever has the most money, has the…

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We created this journey [in the Begin], sonically, that people can really wrap their heads around and live with and get to…

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I love the creation process [of music] of it and then sharing it, so I think that was the shift. I never…

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There's been so many, I think [Lucas Goodman and I] share this, but for us, Afropunk was a really big moment just because it…

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I think the world tries to put people in a box, like this is the only appropriate way to be beautiful.

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It's definitely evolved from where it started - for 'Treat Me Like Fire,' I wanted something extremely wild because I was going to be…

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To be on stage, to be sharing a stage with Lauryn Hill, Grace Jones, SZA, Kelis, and all these incredible women, I'm like 'When…

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You're just always growing. I feel like it's been very fast growth, but super exciting and I know I'll look back and feel like…

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[My mom] put me in dance class when I was really young just as a thing to do and I loved it. I remember…

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The people that have inspired me the most were dancers and choreographers.

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What kind of art do I want to make? What do I stand for? What inspires me? And then to have people in return…

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I'm a Gemini and Lucas Goodman is a Leo, so we definitely wanted some duality. We definitely balance each other out in a lot…

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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…

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Now, it's so sacred. It's how I see the world. I can't help but look at people, their physicality, and how they move. It's…

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In general, I think the best thing to do is to connect with other females. I love meeting other female artists and feeling like…

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I quit piano and violin because it felt too rigid. It was just my thing, something I fell in love with from a very…

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I feel like my dad was the more artistic one, creating his own thing, loving to be around people, and all this stuff, doing…

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