The real art in music is composing and improvising. There’s nothing else. I wanted in my life to somehow get better in those fields.
If you look at someone standing in front of a big band, they probably wrote a check for the privilege.
There are times when you are a trombone player and there are other times when you are the trombonist.
House of Cards has been a dream job in terms of the amount of freedom I have. I have one of the longest creative leashes I’ve ever had.
To this day, I don’t know why Thad took a chance on me. He didn’t know me from Adam!
When I walked out from behind the screen after being announced as the winner, there were gasps. The committee was flabbergasted. None of them expected a woman.
They say it ain’t like it used to be, well . . . when was it like it used to be? It never was like it used to be!
The kind of dirt and dust that’s created from polishing things is not conducive to a good marriage.
If it weren’t for trumpet players, I’d be flipping burgers someplace.
Just being in New York and playing music is successful.
Homogenous sounding orchestras are actually going to be the death of the orchestras. I would rather hear someone have a psychotic event during a concert.
