My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band.

I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach.

A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work.

New York seems to be thriving, which I'm grateful for. But I would hope that they would figure out how to negotiate the traffic and limit the pedicabs, because it seems to me that it's becoming a more chaotic city.

A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.

I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can I play that has the most effect? What can I play to get people to laugh?