100 Quotes by Borns

When I was growing up, there were a few musicians who would have regular gigs at restaurants, and I always thought it was so cool and unexpected how they would spontaneously perform. Being the ambitious kid that I was, I got into it and really studied it. I was so inspired by it.

We're always trying to make advancements in the arts and technology, so it's somewhat inevitable that we're going to make holograms of people.

I was pretty young when my folks were playing those kinds of records, '70s rock and psychedelic stuff. So I just remember those songs being synonymous with my childhood, and I was always trying to imitate them on piano.

A lot of people think I'm a chick. It happens the most at airports. The flight attendants will always say, 'Have a nice flight, Ms. Borns.' It must be the hair.

Most of the time, it's pretending I'm somebody else to get into a different head space. A lot of times, it's just, 'Who do I want to be onstage tonight? Is it going to be Marc Bolan, or is it going to be Grace Jones, or Roy Orbison?'

You should always read the ingredients in coconut water. It should say 100% coconut water.

I find inspiration from a lot of different texts and really old stories and folk tales - things I feel like no one else is reading.

The Internet is a crazy archive of a lot of old everything. Paintings, drawings, old, new, and everything in between.

I'm not growing out my hair just to be androgynous.