Justine Skye

“I'm obsessed with Minnie Riperton's voice: it's like a smooth river of ice cold strawberry milk.”

“Social media is a huge struggle for my generation in general - it's a lot of pressure! Even having an Instagram is stressful. You have to make it look cool, posting it at the right time, and it's become its own job and not something where you connect with people.”

“Makeup and fashion are a very blatant way of expressing who you are because it's the first thing people see. With music, it's more personal, where people really are trying to get into your head and learn about who you are.”

“Who knows, maybe I'll be a basketball player one day? No, I'm definitely never going to be a basketball player. I have no hand-eye coordination.”

“My mom never let me dye my hair, and I would beg her every single day. When I was 16, I told her I wanted to dye it purple, and she let me - probably because she never thought I'd actually do it. Then I just stuck with it.”

“It takes a lot for you to find your confidence, but you shouldn't let someone else be the person to find it for you.”

“When you're in the limelight, you can't always lash out.”

“Sometimes, people have issues, and you just wish sometimes that it could be good.”

“What inspires me is the relationships and situations I find myself in as I grow and learn.”

“R&B was really prominent in the '90s, and we can all admit that it kind of fell off. But my generation is more in touch with our emotions - we're not afraid to show them. We're bringing that decade back.”

“I'm a purple girl!”

“You want to accomplish everything; there's no limits to what you want to do. You want to do movies. You want to do modeling. You want to be an entrepreneur - you want to enter every aspect of the entertainment business.”

“I definitely look up to Rihanna. She doesn't care what anyone thinks of her, and she's not afraid of taking risks and trying different things, whether it's fashion or music. She's all about what makes her comfortable.”

“New York has definitely turned into more of, like, a hipster place.”

“My family is from Flatbush, but I grew up in Fort Greene-Clinton Hill area.”

“Drake is a lyrical genius, and he's great with melodies, and Pharrell is an amazing producer and songwriter.”

“MAC always has the cool, funky products.”

“For the most part, I'm very into sweatpants and cute tops from streetwear brands like Supreme and Palace for a '90s tomboy vibe.”

“Jeremih is a dope artist.”

“It's kinda hard to date as an artist because you're all over the place, and your significant other may seem jealous, depending on what they're doing.”