Small spaces allow me the intimacy, but make it more of a challenge for the more theatrical pieces.

I have to admit that I am not great at selecting music for CDs! I have a few personal favorites, and then I let my producer take it from there!

Why sing music that you get to choose that isn't personal to you? That is the great thing about what I do.

I get to work with people I love who challenge and inspire me. And I get to sing songs that do that same thing!

I love singing for people who are loving what I am doing.

Big halls allow me to be a little "larger" and the challenge is make the show feel intimate.

I wanted to be a truck driver. I love driving long distances!!!

I did get to sing at Carnegie Hall when they were made Landmarks! I sang ALL THAT JAZZ with the NY Pops ...what a total thrill.

The prisoners of the cultures are mostly the women! House is the name of the prison!

It really bothers me when I see people doing my mother in drag. I mean, just imagine if you saw people doing that with your mother.

Sometimes diehard fans expect so much that they're never happy no matter what they get.

Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.

Jews are a perverse people, accursed by God forever.

I've met you many times Lucinda, and most of the time, you're a downright bore.

I love all the cableknits and the oversize coats.

They stayed, many of them, because staying was easier and less scary than leaving.

The notion that I had become a political lightning rod was painful for me to experience.

Change is a natural form of progression.