In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.
I do not remember the most challenging one but I remember that many of the titles I have recorded have been quite challenging for me.
The piano by its black and white keys always attracted me, my father showed me how to use. . . and slowly I got into playing.
I think that you can absolutely enjoy your artistic passion without seeking for the cult of celebrity.
I am rather what we usually call a Pop pianist with my own romantic style.
I am not what one calls a celebrity.
My father did not bother that I play not a classical music. He always congratulated me for my development in music, I mean in any music but, he hang on to continue training at the Academy of Music. . . however, I never mentioned to my teachers that I trained myself at weekends in clubs.
. . . there are some children who aren't really children at all, they're just pillars of flame that burn everything they touch. And there are some children who are just pillars of ash, that fall apart when you touch them. . . " ~ Thomas Builds-the-Fire (played by Evan Adams) in Alexie's "Smoke Signals
Let me first state forthright that contrary to what we've often read in books and heard from preachers, when you are a woman, you don't feel like the Devil.
Years after I'd seen him for the last time I found myself thinking of him unexpectedly and often. You know how certain places grow powerful in the mind with passing time. In those early morning dreams when I come back to bed after a sleepy pee and fall quickly into the narrow end of the night, there is one set of streets I keep returning to, one dim mist of railroad rooms and certain figures reappear, borderline ghosts.
It's not my job to dream your dreams. It's my job to make your dreams become a reality.