Once in a while I experience an emotion onstage that is so gut-wrenching, so heart-stopping, that I could weep with gratitude and joy. The feeling catches and magnifies so rapidly that it threatens to engulf me.

I would like to make one thing quite clear. ... I never explain anything.

Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands.

If you're tearing around in a panic about something, then it puts everyone else in a panic as well.

And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy.

There is no greater thrill than to sing with a beautiful orchestra.

It is America that gave me so much in my life. It wasn't until I came to America that my life just exploded in so many ways. So for me, I think in a way, though I'm English, I've been living the American Dream and I'm eternally grateful to Americans for allowing me to do what I love doing the most.