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I think when we were starting off, I picked a group of women to represent me. The top tiers of everyone that I've worked with are women. It felt more comfortable because they can relate to me.

Jillian Hervey

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Jillian Hervey
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: June 19
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Jillian Kristin Hervey
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I love to feel that I'm not above anyone.
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I think, more importantly, it's about who is your core team? Who are the people around you that are going to fight for you and make sure that's all protected?
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You need to have honest things in the world. Even if people don't understand it, if it's coming from you, that's already important.
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Half of my family is in Los Angeles, so my cousin was the first person to play me, like, Snoop Dogg, and I would always feel like 'Omg I shouldn't be listening to this,' and my other cousin was the first to introduce me to Aaliyah, so every time I'd go to the West Coast, I'd get those West Coast vibes.
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[My mom] put me in dance class when I was really young just as a thing to do and I loved it. I remember being excited every time I went, no matter how tired I was - it was the one thing that I always liked doing.
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I think my life dramatically shifted when I met Lucas [Goodman] and it wasn't even planned. I had a very clear vision of what I was going to do.
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Making that statement of 'I'm not afraid to be untamed.' It's just kind of the marriage of those two things.
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Even growing up, if I dealt with any pressure to be a certain way, I knew that as an artistic lane, dancing was the one that was a little more freed up - like no one in my family is really doing that, I can be that person.
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I would feel weird having someone style me. It would have to be a collaboration. I've had those experiences and every time it happens I don't feel good. What's the point of putting all this work into something and then when you present it, it's not you?
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As I got older, I started to do it more and more, and I wanted to learn all of the different types. I grew up doing modern, so I wanted to learn ballet, tap, jazz, and African - just everything.
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I got to speak to Missy Elliott on the phone and she was like, 'I see you and just keep doing your thing,' and to hear that was incredible.
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The women in my family are just strong women who do their own thing, so I knew I needed to have individuals like that.
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There are probably still people that are competitive with each other, but I don't feel that's necessary. I like when we lift each other up.
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Architects see the world a certain way, and cooks see and smell the world a certain way. [Dancing ] is always been my lens, what I use to see.
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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.
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I remember just looking at this lioness, she was staring at me, and we just had this weird connection.
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I think the world tries to put people in a box, like this is the only appropriate way to be beautiful.
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