A biography for Jessie Reyezhasn’t been written yet.
“I want to make something great. I want to make something that I can be proud of in 10 years, something that is timeless.”
“At every show, I pray with my band. It's a big thing.”
“Why am I who I am? It's the way I was raised.”
“I like being able to just put everything out on the table and letting the cream float.”
“Sometimes if I feel the songs are too much, it hurts, but then I open my eyes: people are singing along or crying, and the 7-year-old in me is like, 'Yeahhh.'”
“Me personally, I have a small circle. Part of that is because sometimes, you meet people, and you can feel the synthetic energy.”
“I feel like I'm really grateful that my parents chose Canada, and I feel like there's open arms here, and it's very apparent.”
“I'm all about polarities and juxtapositions.”
“The first time I went crowd surfing was heaven.”
“Frank Ocean - I have so much respect for him.”
“Some people's parents listened to the Beatles... but my family is Alquimia, Celia Cruz, and Carlos Vives - this old, rich Colombian music. I loved hearing that while I was growing up.”
“Luckily, everyone that I've collaborated with, everyone that has been willing to offer guidance and advice, they've all been dope people.”
“When I'm performing, I have to tell myself, 'Wait a minute. You need to be here right now. You need to hold these memories and remember time is golden.'”
“The EP is called 'Kiddo' because this has been an uphill battle for me. As a female in the industry, as a female of colour, some people will demean me. So it's like, 'OK, you wanna call me kiddo? I'll show you kiddo.'”
“You have to have your own back.”
“I have really dope parents.”
“Paying attention to my breath makes me happy to be alive. And that really grounds me during a performance.”
“My mom says that she caught me one day in front of the TV watching opera. I was trying to sing back the opera. She saw that I really liked music, and so she put me in piano lessons when I was about three years old.”
“My earliest memories have to do with music.”
“Talk to your enemies; sometimes ignorance comes from a lack of understanding.”