What I've noticed about celebrities is, if they are really successful, they're more down-to-earth.

I can't take the theater side out of myself.

It always amazes me when I see young people with raw talent and passion.

When creating an album, one of the first things you have to think about is what you want your production style to be.

I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.

I actually had a week where I literally wrote four songs and all of them are on my album. But sometimes you'll go a week where you'll write songs and they never see the light of day. So that process takes a long time.

'Hairspray' was my first Broadway show. In the meantime, after the show was over, I would go down and do gigs at these clubs that I wasn't even old enough to get into. That continued on, and I think what ended up happening was that I just got these incredible opportunities on Broadway.