Jeanine Tesori

I think a lot of people get intimidated by the language of music, but everyone owns music. I think there's nothing standing…

— Jeanine Tesori

My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three.

— Jeanine Tesori

I realized that all you have to do is state what you need and figure out how to get it, and be…

— Jeanine Tesori

The people who are going into music who hunger, they're going into pop music. There are some badass women who are ambitious…

— Jeanine Tesori

I think there are some things in music that work and don't work. That's learned from counterpoint and rhythm and theory, and…

— Jeanine Tesori

I write to find out about how the world sings.

— Jeanine Tesori

My daughter is my greatest gift and, not to be corny, but my greatest teacher.

— Jeanine Tesori

If you're doing something new there is always a sense of fear or foreboding, but you're in new ground and you have…

— Jeanine Tesori

I'd been trained as a classical musician, but also as a pop musician. My teacher made sure that everything was available.

— Jeanine Tesori

There was a period where I dressed sort of like a mechanic and I looked really schlumpy, and I thought, "This is…

— Jeanine Tesori

I have never relied on anyone else for money since I graduated, and that made me feel grown up.

— Jeanine Tesori

I feel like music is oceanic - there's no end to what you can discover.

— Jeanine Tesori

I've been really opinionated my whole life. I was raised to be opinionated. I was raised to debate at the dinner table…

— Jeanine Tesori

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…

— Jeanine Tesori