“It's kind of the yin and yang that fascinate me. That for all the evil men do, there are also people who work obnoxiously long hours and sacrifice their personal lives because it is a calling - if they don't keep our streets safe, if they aren't there to advocate for and save beaten women and childr”

“A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.”