When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.

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.

One of my biggest complaints about adulthood is that it's difficult to simply hang out with friends

Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul, because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take.

Be on guard. The road widens, and many of the detours are seductive.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.

I've seen Bruno Mars before, he's amazing.

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves would restore us to sanity.

You’re training a new employee,' says Mrs. Clark, 'to take over your boring old job.' When you raise a child.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

We cannot empty the mind by thinking. Only by observation.