"I went through hell at work. It was a mess. And there’s a quote in the book where I talk about a blueprint and I wish…"

"So that is the heart part of this, where it’s my story where it also is informed from the voices of people who’ve gon…"

"I’m also healing as I share what I’ve talked about. So it’s not easy for me to just be like, let me read this every d…"

"Shatter her beauteous breast ye may; The Spirit of England none can slay! Dash the bomb on the dome of Paul's, — Deem…"

"There’s a part of me in every I write, whether it’s male or female, because everything has to go through me. Everythi…"

"Success did come to me later, but that was okay, I could feel myself getting better with each story or book. Age does…"

"I’ve always been fascinated with this sense that every single person walking down the street has a whole story. It’s …"

"My music springs from the soil of the American midwest. It is music of the plains rather than of the city and reflect…"

"As a music theorist, I have always contended that the historical approach to music theory is not enough. The modern t…"

"In music, the great essential after creation itself is communication through performance...it is of immediate and pri…"