The ones who disappoint you need you the most.
I don't play the tuba.
Love , creativity, and opportunity is in the air. Take it in and do your thing.
There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.
Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.
The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it.
You're never promised your next breath.
Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test.
She blinked at me, then realized I was panicking. Honestly, it was like admitting to murder before being interrogated. “Ms. Davidson,” she began, but I decided to trip her up, to throw her off the trail of blood I’d left like an injured animal. “I don’t speak English.
Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to be, but no more-absolutely not. France used to, at least, have writers as diplomats, but not any more.
No matter how good you are, there's a lot of luck involved.