"All of the aspects of identity that he outlined, I also embody. So by being able to realize his words, I’m able to be very closely in conversatoin or community or connection with his aspirations."
"There might be certain spots in the performing in which it’s literally just me responding and vice-versa to what the dancers are doing. Utilizing the moment to really come up with a unique approach to it every night. I think that’s exciting to all of us to have that.”
"I think my role as director is to unlock something specific, more specific, so there's a sort of universality to what you feel from the music."
"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."
"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."
"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."