When you say “yes” to the “isness” of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful.
Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract.
Base not your joy on the deeds of others. For what has been given can be taken away.
I think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone.
I was fine, until I was born. And it's been downhill ever since.
People ask how I learned to play bass with one hand. Well, with a face like mine, you learn to do a lot of things with one hand.
We live to avoid death, we exist to avoid unexistence
You can't change the fruit without changing the root.
Talking with other artists is an incredible process. You engage with the work very differently. . . a nd different relationships between different works start to emerge. To tap into that energy-to tap into that moment-is great for me as an exercise.
Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.
Getting to perform at the Carlyle, following in the footsteps of women like Elaine Stritch, Barbara Cook, Christine Ebersole, Kelli OHara, and so many others, is nothing short of a dream come true.