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If I am able to sing again it will be through some miracle operation. There's a lot of work being done to help singers regain their voices, but in my case I actually lost vocal tissue so it's very hard for my chords to rub together and I need to replace that tissue. I remain optimistic but not tremendously so.

Dear Lady Gaga , thank you for the wonderful tribute. Oh my god, it really warmed my heart!

You always do that with movie musicals. You prerecord and then you lip-synch to playback.

When in doubt, stand still.

I always knew I had this voice, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I realized I had the power to do something with it.

I think I'm one of the very lucky ladies.