"I feel that new music is actually more linked to us than maybe a Mozart symphony. Music, art in general, somehow evolves with us in the way we experience the world."
"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"
"I thought that fame was important. I thought having a house was important. That to have a car was important, not for material purposes, but for the purpose of feeling like you've achieved something...now my wants have to do more with kindness"
"I really enjoy getting to know people and places and operas and productions that differ from each other because it makes me feel like my life is richer."
"I think it was the start of me becoming more interested in works that had explicit theatrical elements and a legible kind of quasi-narrative element. And it was really a chance for me to really see how versatile I could be as a performer."