“She has never seen a camera like that before..”

“Sometimes I feel as if I’m using my energy in a senseless way. For example I’ll be in gym on a treadmill for an hour but that is all wasted energy. I feel it could be used for something greater like helping other human beings who actually need that energy.”

“In my family everyone practices a different religion.”
“What do you mean?”
“My aunt married a Jewish man and now she is orthodox. My other aunt is married to a man from Suriname and their daughter became Muslim. My grandmother was Christian so when she died we all gathered in church.”
“And what are you exactly?”
“Just a human being..”

“My boyfriend doesn’t speak Dutch but every Thursday he brings home the Metro Newspaper. Then he makes me translate your column, word by word..”

“When you are an artist people tend to think that you will perform for free because either way, you love what you do. In the beginning I didn’t want to refuse any offers, Even if that meant performing for free. At some point you have to start value your art, which is very difficult because how can you value something you love doing most in life.”