Patti Digh

Turns out that girls do play trombone. And tuba. And sousaphone. And they become astronauts and astronomers and run for president and hopefully, one day, they will learn to become great, not just good – but great in their own, private, personal definition of great, not society’s definition of it. Hopefully, one day, the generation that has been told they can do anything, will – not because they feel they need to measure up, or be a role model for their gender, or because that’s the only way they can gain respect, but because they want to, because they simply love the sound of low brass. Hopefully, one day, those who don’t remember the days of Old Math (trombones=boys and flutes=girls) will realize that sometimes change starts with a tuba.
-Patti Digh

My business partner, David, is a theater director and one of the first things he teaches young actors is that you can’t play two intentions on stage at once. You either step into your character’s role and warn Hamlet, or try and get the audience to love you. You can’t perform both of those honestly.
-Patti Digh