“Yeah, for me there are other challenges that aren't musical too. Like you just don't have as many people to feed off of energy wise, you are loading in and out and you are driving yourself more. Most of the challenges that count are the musical ones. I don't know why people come out to the shows, but I never think that it is to hear me play the guitar and sing. I think it must be in the writing and the presentation, which are the areas that I feel most comfortable.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingPlayShowsEnergyChallengesWiseLike YouComfortableAreasYeahGuitarMusicalDrivingPresentation Author:Stephen Kellogg
“I grew up in the time just when cassettes were waning and CDs were growing. And so mix tapes - and not mix CDs - mix tapes were an important part of the friendship and mating rituals of New York adolescents. If you were a girl and I wanted you - to show you I like you, I would make you a 90-minute cassette wherein I would show off my tastes. I would play you a musical theater song next to a hip-hop song next to an oldie next to some pop song you maybe never heard, also subliminally telling you how much I like you with all these songs.” IfsImportantPlayShowsWantedSongGirlNextGrowingHeardMinutesNew YorkLike YouGrewTasteGrew UpTheaterMusicalHip HopPopsHipsHopsRitualTapeCdsShowing OffI Like YouPop SongMatingMusical TheaterCassettesHip Hop Song Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“The amazing thing about the cistern is that, if you're improvising in a dead room, you play your note and then you're left with your thoughts and you have to be really quick on your feet and be able to move through many different musical thoughts seamlessly. Improvising there is just, like, you play a note and then you had at least ten seconds to think, "What would be the perfect accompanying note to that?" And then you could add that note. You can just build this puzzle that was really amazing.” ThinkingDifferentMovingPerfectLike YouMusicalPuzzlesReally Amazing Author:Jherek Bischoff