One of the real joys of the work I do is to get to do a deep dive into the music being arranged. Finding all the layers of complexity and genius within a great piece of music is wonderful.

It took me a long time to stop worrying about making others uncomfortable.  I grew up in a Southern household where one of our primary rules was that you were always polite and never did anything to make someone else uncomfortable.

Our society has developed an aversion to being uncomfortable.  All around us we see people lashing out at people or situations that they don't understand or which frighten them.  But "Only as we are uncomfortable can we grow."