"I just felt that I became much more in touch with the kind of music that I wanted to play, the kind of playing I want to do and the kinds of projects that I find really engaging."
"Am I just here because I'm Black or am I here because I'm talented? I tend to be the only black person in the room. I see that changing."
"Yes, you can be an actor and you don't have to play a guy that works at a Chinese laundry. You can be a prince, you can be a cowboy, you can be a rich boy from Upper Class England."
Happy New Year to everyone. Very soon we'll begin new interviews and highlights for 2022. But before we do, here is my list of the Top 10 of 2021:
#1: The Return of Live Performances
There isn't any one show...
"What the future holds? I don't know. I mean, it's the first time in 36 years of working that I'm leaving a job without knowing what the next job is."
"In a way we are kind of messengers of humanity. I remember when we shot the thing, we had a feeling that we had something really special, but we didn't know to what extent."
"Working on it helped me process my unconscious. But I don't want them to be distracted by it, by me. I want my music to be a vehicle for them to access their own unconscious."
"I imagined, perhaps fantasized, that we would have one more conversation in person. Another glass of wine to be shared. Another letter in the mail."
Let's not just have on for Mahler, let's have one for Sondheim!
"To be performing such an extraordinary range of music is both a great joy and it's a challenge, but most of all it's a tremendous privilege."