Some teachers should be put in prison for the way they either take advantage of women in their classes or destroy fragile egos. Be careful who you ask to help you when you're in the arts.

My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.

If you're sick, watch funny movies.

My dream has come true, now that I have passed it on.

No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.

Arthur Miller said one of my favorite lines ever, that he had the mother say to her two sons about a very unstable father in Death of a Salesman. She said, "Attention must be paid." It's one of the most resonant lines that I think he ever wrote, and I think attention must be paid to the truth.

There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world.