The first thing I do when I get home is take my shoes off and go barefoot.
Obviously, my Indigenous culture is very special to me.
I thank my mum, dad, and home for keeping me in touch with my own country and my own land. I can be in the studio with Snoop Dogg or singing for Oprah, but I'm still me.
I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performances. I've always been inspired by them.
Getting up and having the courage to share with people, all people, and even just being asked to sing, first of all, that's all part of how I express my identity.
When I get into the studio, it's not about trying to get a good song, it's about whatever comes naturally.
I just want to play music with a band, live.
There were country songs I connected to when there was pain, when I saw things my family were going through. It was my way of acknowledging I wasn't OK: music tapped on the door; I could work out these emotions by singing.
I have a black pair of suede Jimmy Choos. I've only worn them once to a Sony event. The heels have these arrow plates in a pattern. There's gold, black and white and they're amazing!
My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.
We've had real strong aboriginal male artists who've crossed over to the mainstream who have toured the U.K., who have been a massive influence on myself and many, many communities around Australia.
When I go back home, I am just Jess, no-one special.
I'm a big fan of 'The IT Crowd.' That's where I discovered Chris O'Dowd.
I have written with some amazing singers and songwriters - the moment with Snoop Dogg was amazing - but being able to tell an Aboriginal story is bigger than anything that I have ever known.
When I was growing up, every Sunday was a rest day, so after church, we'd get all my cousins and sisters together, and my parents would take us all shop hopping. We'd go to all the different shops, and Target was always the last on the list; we'd walk in, and Mum would say, 'Go on, go crazy!'
Country music is who I really, really am deeply.
Before every performance, you need at least half an hour to focus on what you are about to do: the walk-on and walk-off, the lyrics, how you are going to sing it - like, the original or bring your own personal flavour to it - how are you going to make it the best.
We have incredible record labels in Australia, but sometimes they have a preconceived idea of how to do things.
There's been moments where I've felt, as an indigenous woman growing up in Australia, there's been that kind of rivalry of being indigenous... I've had that experience of someone saying, 'I don't know if she's going to go that far.'
There hasn't been that many indigenous Australians who have made it in the pop industry.
