Quotes from Jillian Hervey

We travel so much, I never adjust to time zones any more.

My mom has always just been one of those people who handle adversity and challenges, and really everything, with so much grace and elegance. I saw it all the time.

If I'm going to mix gold and silver, I make my accessories all match.

I can't leave anywhere without making my bed; it's ingrained.

Fake eyelashes can instantly give me a more dramatic look and also help to accentuate my eyes, which are a focal point to achieving the Lion Babe look.

I think there's always the whole expectation that men can age and look fine, and girls have to be all conscious. But guys can also keep their skin intact.

I love to feel that I'm not above anyone.

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

I love writing to my little sister. It's a very nice, easy kind of way I always find inspiration.

In general, I think the best thing to do is to connect with other females. I love meeting other female artists and feeling like we're all rooting for each other. I think that's shifted even more.

I grew up always wanting to be a dancer and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways.

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

I have a lot of lion jewellery and lion art. I also love crystals.

When I was a young girl, I wasn't always trying to have curly hair.

As a young girl, I definitely struggled with knowing what to do with my hair. I was just in a neighborhood that had mostly white people, and the hair norm was long and sleek and straight. My hair naturally was curly, and I didn't have that many references.

Just coming from a musical family, I was always surrounded by it. On the car rides to school, my mom loved playing A Tribe Called Quest and the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' and then my dad was listening to a lot of Bill Withers and Stevie Wonder.

I love a lot of the '70s singers: Pam Grier from the 'Foxy Brown' movie, Diana Ross, Tina Turner. They've always been able to embrace their hair, and they've never been afraid to take risks and go all out and make it thick and fun and a statement at the same time.

There's so many people that I feel like as soon as that happens, they can really be and focus on what they want to do.

This is what I love to do. I love to perform for people that get it or just want something interesting.

[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.

My mood board is archival images of Brigitte Bardot and Iman, and Naomi Campbell in the '90s.

I document my life and archive the things that are important and remind me of what my specific energy brings to the world.

I feel more comfortable performing when I'm wearing something crazy. I grew up in the '90s, so I love a choker and platform shoes like the Spice Girls wore.

I think the key to beautiful, frizz-free curls in the summer is to keep hair healthy. It's really the strength of your hair that causes frizz, not humidity, so it's really important to me that I keep my curls strong and moisturized to protect my hair from breakage and frizz. It definitely gives my whole summer look a new life!