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"My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel."

"I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress."

"Always you find that the more decisive event wins so my father's sort of annual decisiveness which came upon him on the Day of Atonement every year, he suddenly remembered that he was Jewish."

"He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing."

"I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness."

"My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker."

"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."
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"If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been."

"I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way."

"The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have."

"Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days."

"I had the fortunate experience to play with people from different schools of music. Sam Rivers is from the fundamentalist school of music."

"I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?"
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