So much of what I do is inspired by and for the LGBTQ community and for everyone but, just, being a theater kid and wanting to do stuff that represents us in a positive light.

I'm praying for healing for our nation. For retaliation that yields constructive results. Peaceful protests. We need each other.

I wish Howard Ashman was still alive so I could just meet him and tell him his words are magic. It's so fun to say. He has such great alliteration and paints the most vivid images with his lyrics

I've been in New York for going on five years now, and I always thought I would make a mark and do something but I never thought it would be this big of a deal. I'm so blessed and I'm truly honored.

I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older.

I feel like communication is the same whether you're cooking for someone or singing or writing a song or writing a play or ordering from McDonald's.

I know that I need my coffee in the morning, and I don't want to talk to anybody at the start of my day!

I make amazing fried chicken. The secret is taco seasoning.

I feel most at home when I'm alone. That's not sad. It's just I feel closest to source and connection when I'm by myself.

A bad magician never gets the good props.

I opened the doors to Hell and walked in gleefully.

Accept your defeats With your head up and your eyes open With the grace of woman not the grief of a child ...

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.

I had no musical training at all.

Don't say you miss me when it's your fault I'm gone!

It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.

I think Sarah Palin is amazing. I totally admire her.

It was very unusual to employ prettiness as part of a building.

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.