"I was fortunate enough to take classes with Mel Powell at Yale University as well as a semester with Sam Adler at the Eastman School of Music. From Mel I learned to appreciate improvisatory ingenuity and from Sam rhythmic athleticism."

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Barbara Harbach

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“The contour should come last, only a very experienced eye can place it rightly.”
“Sometimes we don't want to accept who we really are, and we lie to each other, to ourselves.”
“I'm like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am that people always knock on my door and say, 'It's too loud!' But I think music gives so much inspiration.”
“Last time I was recording, I was trying to loop on the computer, but it's really difficult because it's really different from looping on hardware.”

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“In everything I do, I find some of myself, or a lot of myself, and put it into the role.”
“The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe.”
“You can plan for things, work towards them for years, and yet they never materialize. Or you can just happen to be in the right place at the right moment, and everything falls into place. If you want to believe in something like Fate, she's a capricious character. Sometimes she stand there blocking the doorway you were born to pass through, and sometimes she takes you by the hand and leads you through the minute you poke your nose out. And the stars gaze down and keep their counsel.”

Source : John Ajvide Lindqvist (2012). “Little Star: A Novel”, p.259, Macmillan
“Jealousy smells like the water in the bottom of a flower vase after the flowers have died.”

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