Every decade has a completely different sound not just musically but vocally.

There are definite vocal trends for every generation as well as accents and I'm not talking about regionalisms.

Think of every audition as a chance to perform and you will have fun doing it.

I was use to wearing things that accentuated and flattered my bust and waist (just shakin' what my mama gave me) and definitely not my thighs.

Try not be resentful or jealous of other people's success. Know that your path as a performer is going to be very different than others. Try your best not to compare.

I initially told people I wanted to be a dancer and ultimately a "Rockette." I didn't really know what a musical theatre performer was other than the Shirley Temple type.

I hardly ever belted; I was a soprano and a comedienne and intended on doing mostly soprano legit roles but my first equity show, to my surprise, was Blues in The Night at The Cleveland Playhouse.

My advice to aspiring performers is trust your instincts, 9 times out of 10 they are perfect.

When you don't get a role, it wasn't meant to be.

My favorite thing to do is transform. The further the character is away from me the more I enjoy it.

I love performing in a good straight play as well and I'm a crossover actor, I crossover from plays to musicals, musicals to plays. This is very difficult for performers.

Loneliness in a crowd of people was the worst kind of loneliness, but she couldn't help it.

I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee—

We cherish reprobates, not for their cruelty, but for their little show of patronage.

A community best serves itself when it truly serves the awakening of the unique story trying to come to life through each person born.

It is important to me to instill in [kids] a sense of compassion and respect for others.

Arnie, you're going to have to buy a bigger jet.

International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.

My belief is that you should take stills of what doesn't seem to move, and take movies or videos of [what] does.

Somewhere in the fear and chaos, there is a clarity that few will ever experience.

The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.