Alice Ripley

I have fallen deeply in love with songs - musical theatre songs included - over the years, and this experience has taught me to hear and honor the writer's voice in my soul. ”

I love D.C. I love working there. ”

Oh my God, I love Max von Essen. ”

Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every day. The melodies are timeless in the rock world, the lyrics are words that I need to say, and they need to be heard again. ”

The selections on 'Daily Practice' are all what I consider standard rock songs that have been absolutely essential to keeping me alive. ”

I was 14. I went to see a production of 'Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,' and when they got to that final song, 'If We Only Have Love,' it was like the top of my head had blown off. ”

When you're an actor, you do get involved with your characters - your emotional life is tied up with theirs, and so is your physical life. ”

Making music has saved my life. ”

I am always talking to students and telling them how you have to practice every day because you can't wait for someone to hire you. You need something you do for yourself, something that feeds your creative life. ”

Parents are destined to sin against their kids; it's inevitable. As is narcissism and the human condition. Everyone has their ego and their ambitions. Life happens in between. ”