I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out to LA.

All of those art-based fields are similar in that they're all hard to make a living in and they all require an intense amount of training and discipline.

I don't know that I'm actually bipolar, but I definitely have huge mood swings, and I'm definitely passionate about the way I feel. I'm not really lukewarm one way or the other.

I wanted to do a movie about being really good at something, yet being socially awkward and not as advanced in your personal life as you are in your creative life.

I don't feel special. I was just full of energy and loved to learn.

I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out to LA.

You'll say I'm self-destructive I constructed all this tragedy. Go tell them all it's all my fault You'll tell them I was crazy . And anyway it's over now Nothing left to say.