For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb the piece.

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

I was never much of a reader. I'm a slow reader, which is unusual, because I'm so into language and I love words so much. But it's hard for me to read.

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.

For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.