I think anything emotional adds to your acting and singing, no matter what it is that you go through. It will always add to it, never take away.

I try to do different roles and try to immerse myself deeply and see what they need to be that's different than the last one.

When I'm given an opportunity with music and goodness, then I want to do that [play that role]. I want to go all the way to the edge of that and make it as big as I can.

I mean, it feels like a homecoming in a really wonderfully comfortable place to be - the same director, the same musical director, my same dressing room! [laughs] It's a great place to build something with freedom.

I do always try to find the goodness in somebody. I can't possibly believe in somebody if they don't have a core.

I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where my dad grew up, actually.

I love feeling like I have purpose and maybe that's the purpose I'm giving myself.