Get as much out of life as you possibly can with all the passion that goes with it. Then give it back with all the love and respect it deserves.

For no. 1, it's great writing, super writing. The second thing is that it's great chemistry with all the actors. We just all got along from the very start. Very get-go, we all got along. We just - it was just like we were all meant to be there together.

Every song that has been a hit for me has been honest and truthful. I have to believe that same formula will work on this (television) show. It has to be believable and honest.

I totally love to act. I don't care if it's a musical, a comedy. I just like to work and interact with other people.

Also, any older song, especially any World War II songs remind me of Mama. She goes around the house either whistling or singing all the time. It drives my sister Alice crazy when we're playing games and Mama does that while it's Alice's turn!

Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance.

For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.