Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.

I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.

I will jump into most any role.

It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.

An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.

The thing I received from Girl Scouts more than anything else was a sense of real teamwork and working for the community, helping others, and it was not competitive. I remember working as a group to achieve a goal or to help the community. There was a great sense of accomplishment in that.

I have three dogs and a cockatoo.