"That is the process of writing: getting people to ask questions and to take risks and try things they don't know how to do and dare to have it fail."
"I think one of the hardest things to do is to strive for perfection and then have the humility to recognize that you did your best."
"I don't feel like we're a well-kept secret anymore. We're well kept and we're out in the world much more."
"Even while enjoying extraordinary music and the beautiful visuals that we have, it is meant to to remind us of our place in this precious world we live in."
"It was important for me to not see Martha Graham. I really look for people who have developed their own voices and ask them to take inspiration from Martha Graham's ideas."
"It's about people immediately reaching out and saying how can I help you and how can we connect and how can we get through this together?"
"We are there to communicate with emotions. We are there to transport. We are there to support history, the imagination of somebody. And if it all gets just corrected by politics, it loses its purpose."
"The rest of the week is going to be pretty jive. But right now I'm not worried about the rest of the week. I'm celebrating right now. That's the message we're trying to get out of here."
"We don't share everything about ourselves. And of course, we move through the world trying to project an image of ourselves that has some relationship to the totality of who we are and our experience. But it's curated, right?"
"Everyone obviously loves Sondheim and these songs are amazing, but when you're in the middle of a pandemic do you really want to hear the Sweeney whistle blowing in your ear like problems?"