I'll forget about you long enough to forget why I need to
When I play, I open up. I'm in the heat of the performance and it's a healing thing. It's great!
Every day is the start of something beautiful.
Staying present and staying myself in the midst of others is important.
It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage.
I think I feel vulnerable most of the time. I feel on guard. I've gotten pretty good at putting my fists down and kind of allowing the world to be, so that I don't feel threatened as much.