I didn't really grow up on hip-hop. Ella Fitzgerald and the old school jazz divas are more my comfort zone.

If you stay in comfort zone, you've decided that you don't want to grow any more.

I've always sung. I was really into musical theater when I was growing up. As a kid, I listened to Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone, actually, on cassette tapes.

I definitely grew up to Nina Simone and a lot of Ella Fitzgerald. And I loved Amy Winehouse. I loved that sort of soulful singer.

NYU was my comfort zone.

I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.