The first thing I did was a print ad for Century Plaza. I was five.
I had a marvelously happy childhood.
The most difficult thing in music is still to write a melody of several bars which can be self-sufficient. That is the secret of music. While the technique should be as perfected as possible, that is a lesser essential Anybody can acquire a brilliant technique Melody alone permits a work to survive.
It is curious how people go on believing that the musician knows less about what he is doing than those that judge him.
The amount of grace I would expect from God should be equal to the amount of grace I can gather or earn. I get out what I put in.
I am a crazy online shopper. My husband always jokes, Another box arrived! Airplanes used to be my sanctuary for reading books, but now I have to peruse Gilt sales.
But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to become salesmen for what we believe, and part of being a salesman is being effective.
Sleep doesn't seem necessary. You wake up feeling great. But it's not all great feelings.