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For me, calling my mom really helps soothe me when I'm spiraling. Having someone to talk to, whether it's a therapist, your brother, or a friend, can be such a positive thing. ”
I'm so blessed to have as many jobs that I have, but I do agree that there needs to be some downtime. ”
I train my entire body to be strong. To be a professional athlete, we need every part to be strong - the core, the legs, arms. ”
People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career. ”
Not everybody wants to have the same career. I think what's difficult is when you have two people that do something very, very similar and they both, say, want the limelight. That's very tricky. ”
I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer. ”
So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar in D.C., it was Mr. Henry's of Georgetown. ”
It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to... ride and don't let go and you will be fine. ”
My brother was a fantastic cheerleader for my development as a musician. He was almost 10 years older than me and would really push me to develop as a songwriter. ”
When I was about 18, I started to think that I could have a long sporting career. ”