Jillian Hervey Quotes & Sayings

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

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. — Jillian Hervey

I've always loved vintage and I never like to have something someone else has. — Jillian Hervey

I'm totally into the emotional aspect of things. — Jillian Hervey

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. — Jillian Hervey

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. — Jillian Hervey

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. — Jillian Hervey

I prefer to do things by myself, but I always bring in people who inspire me. — Jillian Hervey

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. — Jillian Hervey

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? — Jillian Hervey

I've always been an animal lover my entire life. — Jillian Hervey

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. — Jillian Hervey

[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. — Jillian Hervey

Transformation comes in a lot of different forms, but going natural really helped me love myself. — Jillian Hervey

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. — Jillian Hervey

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 ... — Jillian Hervey

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. — Jillian Hervey

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