When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.

The question that a lot of people ask me all the time is how did you make it? The truth be told, it was nothing but the grace of God.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

Life is so precious, such a gift, and that you have to live for you.

True love can come more than once.

I have this huge, huge fan base of people who've never seen a Broadway show, but I think it's a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you're getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that.

My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.