“And don’t hold back,” Gracie adds. “I need you to legit brag. If you have any qualifications, I want to hear them.” She seems like she’s asking for a very particular reason, so I swallow my first inclination, which is to deflect and self-deprecate and tell her what she wants to know. “I went to Juilliard. And I was concertmaster of the Julliard Orchestra my senior year.” “Shut up,” Gracie says. “That’s amazing.
