I'm a spiritual person, I'm an America, I'm a Jew, and all of those things influence every breath I take, everywhere I go.

When I'm on the road with concerts, people ask me to autograph my CDs, but more and more they come up with the cookbooks.

I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.

People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.

I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.

I'm an obsessive person. I like intensity.

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.