When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent.

Every time I go out on a stage I consider myself very lucky. Because, in a time where people are economically thinking about what to go and see - so, when I am on a stage, and it doesn't matter where I am, that's my favorite show. I come home after and say "That was my favorite show".

There is a time of reckoning in all our lives.

My feeling about young people who want to pursue a career is - the first thing is do your homework on where it all started. Go back and look at history. Look at why the shows you are loving today happened and the artists you are listening to happened. And do your homework on history. Whether it's musical movies, musical plays, Broadway musical recordings - do your homework! And then, that way you will have an understanding of why, now, certain movies, certain plays, certain musicals are making some sort of sense.

I was born in a blender.

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

When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.