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

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.

It is through justification of one's actions that a completely guiltless life is possible.

I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.

It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.

If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.

I have not been immersed in music and life. I'm inspired by the simple things in life.

I've loved someone since I was seventeen but I can't have him and I can't give him up. So until I can do that no one else will stand a chance.

I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising.

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.

Get ready to die, tell God I say hi.