One trait of addictive families is that we never recognize our own addictions.

Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.

There are some family traditions I don't want my children to carry on.

I think every show I do, whether I am doing eight shows a week of a Broadway show... I think, "that's a show I'll never get back"... I go home at night and I think to myself, "that was my favorite".

Barry Manilow has gone from being the love of my life to being a friend for life.

Sinatra was just one of Mom's friends.

I did my first Broadway show when I was nineteen years old - and to be able to say that I am still working with the incredible talents of all of the creative teams that I have been able to work with - that's so special to me.