It’s so great to be able to write from home. My bread is rising downstairs, and I’m upstairs writing. I have a writing room that my grandchildren consider one of their playrooms. Cynthia Voigt Read Quote
Tim Timtya’ was different from what I usually do. I had to develop a texture to go with the song. In fact, many told me I sounded like Shreya Goshal, which came as a pleasant surprise. Transitioning from tracks like ‘Sunny Sunny’ to this one was quite different. Neha Kakkar Read Quote
I’ve always been a jazz fan, but I don’t write much about jazz, because I don’t have the chops. But it’s really, really hard to write about improvised instrumental music when you don’t have a good knowledge of harmony and can’t identify rhythm signatures very easily either. Robert Christgau Read Quote
I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system somehow. I think he kind of had it all figured out. Joel Coen Read Quote
Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn’t include any formal religious education or training. Melissa Gilbert Read Quote
The best part of a MacArthur is having some pressure taken off from touring relentlessly. Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
The reason it was so bruising when someone said I was from a rich family is that, like many of us, I’m deeply invested – probably overly so – in the myth of my own self-creation. I like to believe that I got where I am, such as it is, by working hard and charting my own course. Meghan Daum Read Quote
I try and take the commonplace – and some of it is writ large, like death – take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time. Sally Mann Read Quote
Trying to speak English, to learn what my teammates were saying, to learn what I wanted to say – basketball, you have to learn the way to play here and get used to your teammates, but for me the toughest part was communication. Jose Calderon Read Quote
