The women in my family are just strong women who do their own thing, so I knew I needed to have individuals like that. Jillian Hervey More Quotes by Jillian Hervey More Quotes From Jillian Hervey I love the creation process [of music] of it and then sharing it, so I think that was the shift. I never thought I was going to be on a label in general, I was like 'Oh, I wouldn't do that,' and then we ended up on the same label basically. Jillian Hervey creation labels thinking You know, you always want to just do your own thing - I mean some people want to be exactly like their parents - Ibut I wanted to do my own thing and I ended up doing a kind of mix of my mom and dad. Jillian Hervey dad mom mean I feel like my dad was the more artistic one, creating his own thing, loving to be around people, and all this stuff, doing exciting things, and my mom was more of the performer. Jillian Hervey creating dad mom As we're growing and stuff, it's been amazing to feel so embraced and have them be so excited. I definitely leaned into my dad a little more starting out because once we actually started to get those people knocking on our doors and emailing. Jillian Hervey dad doors people My mom has kind of been more of the emotional support system. One time I was really feeling all out of it, just dealing with a lot of cooks in the kitchen and adjusting to what it means to be in the music industry, and I called her. One of the first things she said to me was 'You have to be thankful that these people even like you, no one liked me, at all, I was not really accepted for a very long time.' Jillian Hervey emotional mom mean It was like I couldn't even begin to tell my mom I was singing. I didn't want anyone to think that she was trying to get me to sing. I wanted to prove to myself I could do it on my own. I really wanted to do a completely different thing. Jillian Hervey singing mom thinking We [in my family] don't like to mess around and talk about our problems or complain, it's just not anything that we do. Jillian Hervey my-family problem complaining My main goal was to not tell my mom anything or anyone anything. Even within our family, we like to do it ourselves, we like to be our own boss, and we don't like asking for help. Jillian Hervey asking-for-help mom goal What kind of art do I want to make? What do I stand for? What inspires me? And then to have people in return respond to that... I think that's the greatest thing because throughout dancing, I'm always looking for that. Jillian Hervey people art thinking More than anything, it's been a transition into embracing my destiny. I have everything around me to be able to do this properly. Whether or not I was hiding from that early on, I think now it's great to feel that way. It's just the journey. Jillian Hervey destiny journey thinking 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 was in New York. Jillian Hervey moments new-york thinking We had spent a lot of time in London [with Lucas Goodman], which has been amazing, but also it was kind of a homecoming and we felt so surrounded by a specific community of people who are just so New York, so unapologetically themselves and so creative. Jillian Hervey creative new-york people 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 did this happen?' Jillian Hervey hills incredibles grace I love to feel that I'm not above anyone. Jillian Hervey feels This is what I love to do. I love to perform for people that get it or just want something interesting. Jillian Hervey want-something people interesting [My mom] put me in dance class when I was really young just as a thing to do and I loved it. I remember being excited every time I went, no matter how tired I was - it was the one thing that I always liked doing. Jillian Hervey tired mom class [Dancing] was just a nice way of expressing myself, listening to music, and being able to move around and be free, but also really learning something. It was just a nice balance of training and expressing yourself at the same time. Jillian Hervey nice dancing moving Architects see the world a certain way, and cooks see and smell the world a certain way. [Dancing ] is always been my lens, what I use to see. Jillian Hervey lenses smell dancing 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 how I see everything. Jillian Hervey people looks moving I wanted to fight to get into the front. I was just hungry to do it. Jillian Hervey hungry fighting wanted
