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… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
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… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three. — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
I realized that all you have to do is state what you need and figure out how to get it, and be kind and… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
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… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
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… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
My daughter is my greatest gift and, not to be corny, but my greatest teacher. — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
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… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
I'd been trained as a classical musician, but also as a pop musician. My teacher made sure that everything was available. — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
There was a period where I dressed sort of like a mechanic and I looked really schlumpy, and I thought, "This is not who… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
I have never relied on anyone else for money since I graduated, and that made me feel grown up. — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
I feel like music is oceanic - there's no end to what you can discover. — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
