"The most beautiful plays and the most beautiful origami are the surprising ones. And it's not because they have so many folds but it's because somebody has taken a simple piece of paper and made something unexpected and beautiful out of it."
"I was totally in sync with Lenny's mind. He heard what he wanted through me. So he gave me permission to go deeper into whatever emotional reservoir I had to bring it out."
"My answer to that is to keep writing music that I think is important. I think there's an element of people when they hear the truth, they respond to it"
"You can make music to placate, you can make music to monetize, or you can make music because you're curious about how this sounds or that works. When you do that there are people who are adventurous who will go with you on that adventure."
"What I've learned now is that there is no time limit or cut off time for growth. You can still grow and mature and change and become the person you want to be."
"When I heard it for the first time I was really just so happy. It's something that I dreamed of when I was writing and just hearing it right in front of me was just amazing."
"I've managed to take control of the reins of my career which is hard work. Maybe I wouldn't want to do it in ten years, but I still want to do it now."
"You get to enjoy that really amazing experience of the audience responding to to what you've offered. But you cannot bite it. You have to you have to keep a distance from it and and be privileged to be...
"The violin is my voice. When you have so much to say what it comes down to it is are you transporting yourself and the audience with what you have to say through your music."
"I did resonate with how his family labeled him a peculiar kid. I experienced that growing up, not from my family, but the neighborhood."