‘How do you measure a year in the life?’
It doesnt matter if they kind of-sort of look like me.
I remember thinking back in the day, Well I guess I can die now!
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And then I was like, Hell no, you have to dream a bigger dream now!
But it really is the kind of thing that is a dream.
Its reaffirming to hear it bounced back to you as an artist, period, adds Yearby.
It reaffirms you as an artist.
They kept saying, every single one of them: thank you so much, shares Nakasone.
They were born after we left, after the entire show closed down.
But I started to say thank you because all of the fans have kept it alive.
I find it humbling to be a part of something thats a social movement, he said.
Thats really what it was.
We were part of something really, really important.
I told her that instead of everyone who thanks me forRent, Im thanking them.
Its like a vacuum.
When you fill a vacuum, energy rushes out.
There is an artistic revolution happening.
It just makes sense.
For Walker-Browne, its simply the fact that shes alive.
Thats all that ever matters once you do that show, she says.
Im still breathing, Im still here, I woke up today.
Its all a load of crap.
And if life is going to teach you anything, it better teach you that.
Its sort of the opposite of so much of what is happening.
He was moved to tell a story.
They did it at the Public Theatre, and they were also paying it forward.
Theres always the hope itll have more life, but thats not why.
It wasnt meant to be a blockbuster.
It was meant to be something personal and true.
He [Larson] had a vision of how he heard the music, how he heard the story.
Because my life at the time was anything but.
Because I listened to the words for the first time, and I wasnt performing.
And I learned about authentic truth.
It took me personally about 17 years to come to get that.
Its so frightening, but thats lovely.
Its an amazing thing to find the courage to become who you really are meant to be.
And I dont know were I would be today if it had not been forRent.
