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You know, I think there are certain words like 'illegitimate' that should not be used to describe a person. And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact. ”
You know what, the drummer is my manager. He's busy. And I'm busy. I don't need the dough, though. But having said that, there's a limit to how much bad music I wanna play. I did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn't great. ”
Listen, I'm out of this system, man, I'm out... I'm doing better than ever. I couldn't be more happy. ”
When I was a kid, it wasn't very often that I could go to the movies and see an entire movie carried on the shoulders of someone who looked like me. ”
As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault. ”
As a kid, I liked making up stories, and I wrote a story about a kangaroo and a bat with Christy Chang, and she went on to become a surgeon. ”
I love all the arts - so museums, theatre, music, walks near trees or by the ocean, time with people, psychological readings. ”
I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time. ”
I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I'm kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it so maybe it will move somewhere. There's something about plays where you can feel that sense of artifice at any moment. ”
From a young age, I was encouraged to sing, dance and learn folk and popular songs in Spanish. ”