I listen to a lot less classical music today than I used to,

The idea is to go out and be a part of the community. To help clean up the yards here and help kids get the idea that there are Muslims in Seattle and they're just like you.

I'm not a genius or anything close to it,

Exactly this. Maybe in an assistant chair position. I hope I never take this for granted.

It seems like that's all I ever did,

At first it was odd. I was used to learning from him, and then one day, I'm his colleague, ... Maybe it was that I felt inferior at first, like I didn't belong.