I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of 'Carousel', and it was a very vivid experience.

You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot.

Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.

I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.

Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.

When something isn't done, you want to do something about it.

It was like being high when you reach those high notes.

The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

The desires of the flesh leads to sin.

No one likes the house next door to look worse or a lot better than his own.

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.

The things that led me to run for office - trying to figure out how we create an economy where everybody's got a fair shot and if you work hard, you can achieve your dreams.

I am not blaming the past. ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.

It's never too late to realize your ambitions. Take the first step by daring to dream big dreams. Then have the confidence to take a few risks and make those dreams a reality. You'll be glad you did.

I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.

Positivity helps produce better results.

What is forever? God, I don't know. Hope, I guess. That's a difficult question.