Unless you are in the willingness and ease and ecstasy of some kind of moment, you may end up the editor of your thoughts and of your expressions. I find I'm that way on stage.

When you're in pain, you're genuinely very, very alive, and that's beautiful. Especially emotional pain.

I think that when you're open, you're at your most powerful.

Even the most deft pen is a clumsy tool.

When you're comfortable, you're not necessarily inclined to care about things that are contributing to your comfort. It's difficult.

In my heart, I'm always in my rail-hosen.

I think fun is one of the best gifts we can give to each other. If everyone was having fun we'd be in good shape.

Sometimes, I have to really monitor myself, but the only monitoring job I really do on myself on stage is, Is this truthful? Is this truthful? Is this truthful? Ideally, I send it in a flow of truth.

What makes me deeply vulnerable? Probably the thing I suffer most from and have the most uncontrollable reactions from is still social anxiety.

What gets me pretty pissed off is the whole Monsanto engineered foods issue.

Recording music is not really the healthiest thing for the body.

The enjoyment comes from knowing the receiver understands the spirit of the gift.

The finding of God is the coming to one's own self.

I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration.

Sorrows come to stretch out places in the heart for joy.

It's interesting to me that I get cast as mothers and really maternal, sweet, nice people... Maybe I have a vulnerability or something; maybe that's what it is.

Zen pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention.

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

Real friends were the kind where you pick up where you'd left off, whether it be a week since you'd seen each other or two years.

Don't be ridiculous, please.' The most insulting words in the world!

I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did likewise.