They never said you can't do it because you're a woman, so it never occurred to me that I couldn't do it" But she says things are starting to look better for women composers.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

We do this together. This is a really beautiful camaraderie that I have never experienced."

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

"I was in line for the bathroom." "He was like 'come over here' and I was like 'I gotta go!' You're a girl you think ' ' but then I was like ' he would never do that.' oh wouldn't that be romantic?

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

But they can never engage in those efforts, if we do not do the job that I am confident we will do tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM on Christmas Eve, and that is to renew the American dream, and revive our middle class, and rebuild the foundation upon which future generations will stand.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24