“It was not a secret, then or now, that there is something vaguely un-A...” — Euny Hong Quote

“It was not a secret, then or now, that there is something vaguely un-American about forcing your child to be really good at classical music performance.”

“As I found again and again as a writer, when you're completely honest about something, people respond to that.”

“Can you think of a single situation, no matter how grave, where the atmosphere would not be instantly shattered with a loud fart - or a drawing of a butt? There is no faster way to create universal common ground.”

“When I started music, I started out in Puerto Rico with classical music. But what really made me want to be a musician was jazz, and because I didn't grow up with jazz, I had to learn it from a very basic level. I had to go into the history and learn everything about the development of the music, all the players and all that stuff.”

“We listen to a lot of classical and a lot of jazz, and so you get some funky notes here and there. And we get a little experimental in some of the deeper tracks.”