Tag: The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

"Understanding more about the history of the of the area and their family's connection to it was more inspiring for me than the novel itself."

"I just want to pinch myself that it's Pat Benatar and Neil Geraldo that I'm getting to talk to and have dialog about their songs and their life. "

"I think the blessing of it is that I do have a character to portray. So I can throw myself 100% into that character and forget about all this other stuff."

"I do tend to be more private in my grief than other people. So perhaps through the music I can connect in ways that I cannot connect as a person."

"There's always an idea of streaming against the mainstream. From there you find your own identity, you find your own truth, your find your own individuality. That's always something that consciously or unconsciously was something that was always a part of my makeup. "

"I can't say that I'm an activist in any way. I'm hoping that through the work of being a musician there's something positive that I can bring to the conversation or people's experience."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."