Lucia Micarelli

I've got, like, too many things that I'd like to try and do, so I'm trying to figure out where the natural pull is strongest.

When I have a chunk of time that I can really dedicate to music, I really want to get into it. I want to do some really hard stuff and push myself.

If you've been trained to listen to mistakes your whole life, you forget to listen to opportunities.

I love taking things out of context and playing with them and chopping up rules.

Classical music presents some of the world's most challenging pieces.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.