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“It's not like that because the improvisation makes it automatically democratic. No one's leading anything. I didn't have to worry about anyone feeling involved. It was just the most natural, easy process of making music.”

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Alexis Taylor

Alexis Taylor is a talented musician known for his unique musical style and heartfelt voice. His specific birth and death dates are unknown. more

“It's funny, I played a social gig once - we were playing music that was rhythm based, but it was going in some strange places. Some people came up to me afterward and said, "Can you play a tune that we'll all recognize?" I've carried that with me forever - why would you want a tune you could recognize? What's the point of that?”

People Forever Strange Rhythm

Author:Alexis Taylor

“For me, the audience is the most important thing in the whole chain, so finding out how they respond to things is a learning curve at all times.”

Important Audience All Time

Author:Alexis Taylor

“I've always found it interesting when I'm the person in the audience feeling mismatched by what I've seen or heard. The shows I've taken the most from I may have not liked while I was there listening to it but, maybe an hour later, there's suddenly a lightening bolt out of the blue: "Oh, I'd see them again."”

Feelings Hours Interesting Audience Taken Listening

Author:Alexis Taylor

“I didn't really have a major role in how it was described. I wanted it to be a collection of essays where each storyline could be contained.”

Essays

Author:Chelsea Martin

“I don't do the like, "This led to this, and this was why this happened." That doesn't feel real and isn't how I experience things.”

Real

Author:Chelsea Martin

“I wanted each different Chelsea to be able to navigate her own world without having to also speak to a larger narrative.”

World Different Speak

Author:Chelsea Martin

“When I was going through the stuff with my dad and thinking about terms like restraining order and domestic violence, I was really just searching for a way to define what I was going through. I didn't really understand what it meant to disown a parent or not want to have a parent in your life. Even the word parent was confusing to me because my father came into my life so late in my teen years.”

Thinking Father Parent Term Violence Dad My Dad Confusing Domestic Violence

Author:Chelsea Martin

“I think I've been able to express some of the more complicated feelings I had.”

Thinking Feelings Complicated

Author:Chelsea Martin

“The thing about writing or making art is that I'm not thinking about that stuff while I'm doing it. Like the driver's ed kid, in retrospect I see that that was meaningful, and I felt close to him in that way, but at the time I just thought it was fun to draw, and that's all it was. I think that's what's weird about life and about making art. You have to talk about it later. I guess I should be prepared to talk about it now. That is why I'm here. But again, pass.”

Thinking Writing Art Kids Fun Art Is Meaningful Be Prepared

Author:Chelsea Martin

“It's uncomfortable to just say the first thing that pops into your head, but you have to when you're speaking in front of people. A lot of times I'll say something I don't even believe. I've never actually used "pass" before.”

People Believe Uncomfortable

Author:Chelsea Martin

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