“It's interesting to see what people who you find talented come up with, so you work with them. Sometimes ideas come along quicker cause they'll come up with something and you'll be like, "It would have taken me forever to get to that point!" Because you're talking together, your brains are moving faster.” PeopleIdeasSometimesTogetherMovingCausesInterestingBrainTalkingForeverTakenCome UpFaster Author:Charlyne Yi
“For a long time religion made me feel guilty for being involved in music. Growing up, the religion I grew up in, the Church of Christ, encouraged a capella, but didn't allow musical instruments, so even though my parents allowed me to play trumpet in the band, and I was pretty good at it, it had this baggage.” FeelsLongMadePlayParentChristChurchGrowing UpGrowingGrewInvolvedBandGrew UpLong TimeInstrumentsMusicalGuiltyTrumpetsBaggageMusical InstrumentsChurch Of Christ Author:Gary Panter
“Collaboration is just about finding people who are better than you at certain things and combining your powers. Like, if I'm not the strongest at playing piano, I'll work with someone who's really good at it and we'll combine both our brains to write a song.” PeopleIfsWritingCertainSongBrainFindingsPianoStrongestCollaborationBetter Than YouCombiningPlaying Piano Author:Charlyne Yi
“I don't like religion very much. I think it's all about people trying to be very certain about things that are very uncertain.” PeopleThinkingTryingCertainUncertain Author:Gary Panter
“I pray, but who I pray to I'm not exactly sure, especially when I'm praying for more money.” PrayingMore MoneyI Pray Author:Gary Panter
“You can't help but feel the energy of the audience - and if you feel they hate you that feels weird and dirty. But I would never want to take it too seriously. It's understandable that you're not going to be everyone's cup of tea. I think that's helped me survive.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsHelpingHateEnergyAudienceCupsTeaDirtyHate YouCups Of Tea Author:Charlyne Yi
“I feel like I get really energetic and hyper. If I do well in a show, I can't sleep afterwards. If I don't do well, I get kinda drained. I think because it's like a battle on stage.” IfsThinkingFeelsWellsI CanShowsSleepStageBattleGet RealEnergeticHyperCan't SleepDrainedI Can't Sleep Author:Charlyne Yi
“Sometimes I feel really bad for the audience. I don't know how to make them happy. And you just feel drained cause you're trying everything possible to turn things around. And sometimes it is possible to turn things around on stage, and I've done it before, but sometimes it's impossible.” KnowsFeelsTryingSometimesDoneTurnsCausesAudienceKnow HowImpossibleStageDrainedTrying Everything Author:Charlyne Yi
“No one is born a writer; literacy is a peculiar mode of being, but I was all about stories from a very early age, before reading.” StoriesAgeReadingBornPeculiarLiteracy Author:Rebecca Solnit
“I sometimes wonder what those of us who are writers would become in a nonliterary culture - storytellers? Hermits?” SometimesCultureWonderStorytellerHermits Author:Rebecca Solnit