“There are songs and artists now who are trying to do the same thing: be honest to their experiences.” TryingArtistSongHonestBeing Honest Author:Erik Parker
“Older generations can sometimes look down on today's hip hop but I refuse that mindset. I remember how hurt I was when older people told me that Run-D.M.C. was jungle music or that it was not music at all. Or that LL Cool J was not art.” PeopleLooksArtSometimesRunningTodayRememberHurtGenerationsHip HopRefuseMindsetHipsHopsJungleOlder PeopleOlder Generation Author:Erik Parker
“I got the chess bug when I was finishing high school, we were doing chess tournaments at my house. I never got to a very high level.” SchoolHouseLevelsHigh SchoolChessBugsTournamentsFinishingHigh Level Author:Paul Banks
“Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.” ProduceIndustryRaisedReputationRuinsRelaxAccuracyNegligence Author:Ben Jonson
“If you're playing a one-minute game, I could squeeze in five to six games before anybody walked by my cubicle. So I got really good at blitz, one-minute chess games. But that's kind of like the cheap chess version.” IfsKindGamesFiveMinutesSixChessVersionsOne MinuteChess GameBlitzCubicles Author:Paul Banks
“The idea for Anthem the play began over twenty years ago. I was assisting in the production of another Ayn Rand work, Ideal. I moved to New York and began working on producing the play with my partners. And as a way to raise money to cover some venture debt, we decided to stage Anthem for a limited run at the Lex Theatre in Hollywood.” WayYearsIdeasPlayRunningStageNew YorkIdealsYears AgoDecidedHollywoodTwentiesRaisesMovedProductionsDebtTheatrePartnersVentureAnthemAssisting Author:Jeff Britting
“Sometimes, I stood at the front of the E train, watching the tunnel ahead, imagining what Anthem would look like on stage.” LooksSometimesStageFrontsTrainTunnelsAnthem Author:Jeff Britting
“Jumping twenty or so years later, Ann Ciccolella, artistic director of Austin Shakespeare, approached me with the idea of staging Anthem. She had heard my film score to Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life. And she said, I want to do Anthem as an oratorio. Well, I figured what she meant was a straight play with music.” WantYearsWellsSaidIdeasPlayFilmHeardDirectorsTwentiesArtisticScoreJumpingAnthemAustinStagingFilm Scores Author:Jeff Britting
“Most of Ayn Rand's major characters are already formed at the start of the stories.” CharacterStoriesMajors Author:Jeff Britting
“I always thought the story [Anthem] would work in three dimensions - and studying that cut material was very useful.” StoriesThreeStudyCuttingMaterialsDimensionsAnthemThree Dimensions Author:Jeff Britting