Quotes by Jeanine Tesori - Page 1

I write to find out about how the world sings.
Jeanine Tesori / Composer
World
Writing
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I feel like music is oceanic - there's no end to what you can discover.
Jeanine Tesori / Composer
Ends
Feels
Music Is
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My daughter is my greatest gift and, not to be corny, but my greatest teacher.
Jeanine Tesori / Composer
Daughter
Teacher
Corny
Greatest Gifts
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I have never relied on anyone else for money since I graduated, and that made me feel grown up.
Jeanine Tesori / Composer
Feels
Made
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My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three.
Jeanine Tesori / Composer
My Sister
Piano
Three
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I'd been trained as a classical musician, but also as a pop musician. My teacher made sure that everything was available.
Jeanine Tesori / Composer
Teacher
Classical Music
Musician
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If you're doing something new there is always a sense of fear or foreboding, but you're in new ground and you have to get out your machete and cut a new path.
Jeanine Tesori / Composer
Cutting
Path
Something New
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The people who are going into music who hunger, they're going into pop music. There are some badass women who are ambitious and hungry and brave, and they're in pop.
Jeanine Tesori / Composer
Badass
Brave
People
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I think there are some things in music that work and don't work. That's learned from counterpoint and rhythm and theory, and they don't work if you don't want them to work.
Jeanine Tesori / Composer
Theory
Thinking
Want
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I've been really opinionated my whole life. I was raised to be opinionated. I was raised to debate at the dinner table - my father demanded it - and you had to be able to debate in a confident and clear way.
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Dinner
Father
Tables
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There was a period where I dressed sort of like a mechanic and I looked really schlumpy, and I thought, "This is not who I am. This is not who I want to be." It was a very important moment for me - to not hide.
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Important
Want
Who I Am
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I realized that all you have to do is state what you need and figure out how to get it, and be kind and help other people move forward. Check your jealousy, which is always present, and the threat of the younger generation coming forward as they must do.
Jeanine Tesori / Composer
Helping Others
Moving
People
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I read a lot. I especially read memoirs and biographies. It's very helpful when you're thinking about what's possible and what exists in human behavior; if it exists out there then it can exist on the stage. I really try to go to a lot of concerts. A lot of live events. I just try to keep my ears really, really open.
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Events
Thinking
Trying
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I think a lot of people get intimidated by the language of music, but everyone owns music. I think there's nothing standing in between a composer and her audience. I think a lot of people feel that way because they feel it's rarefied, but it's really not. You should feel the impact of it without being able to name it because it's ultimately a primal thing.
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Impact
Names
Thinking
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