"Things I picked up in Pigalle".
"Some of the things I picked up could determine whether or not I argue a call".
A fresh household sharpens attention, and one of the things I picked up was that sense of ease and play that Andy brought to his undertakings.
"I came back with a suitcase full of books and things I picked up along the way," he says of the coastal state he visited almost every summer as a child.
Among things I picked up: how to blend with my fellow saxophonists, smarter counting for easier sight-reading, and many improvisational techniques.
One of the biggest things I picked up is how similar my father and I actually are.
If a bunch of people are going behind my back and plotting to make me the governor, that's not the kind of thing I pick up on".
But that is not the only thing I picked up.
"One thing I picked up was just doing the writing, every week, having someone tell you that it's going to be bad," she said.
When the reading for the N.B.A. finally ended, and I was able to read again for pleasure, the first thing I picked up was a book-length essay by José Carlos Agüero, called "Los Rendidos" ("The Surrendered").
