trying

Holed up at a rental home in Colts Neck, N.J., in late 1981, Bruce has just finished a tour and is trying to readjust to the quiet, which is just too loud.

Very few composers today are trying to sound like John Williams; many of them want to sound like John Carpenter.

But I did get onstage at the end of 12th grade; even though what I was doing was awful, I did begin the process of trying to figure it out.

Because of politics, Cuban citizens face significant restrictions in traveling to the U.S. and defectors such as Pages face limitations in trying to return home.

“You got half of older workers have nothing in the bank as they face retirement. You got a quarter of our seniors trying to get by on $15,000 a year or less.”