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" I don't go out much. I have people over, and I cook dinner, or we play the piano, or we watch TV. "

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" One thing about my dinner parties - they're never planned. I go to the grocery store, and I buy whatever is on sale. I get a lot of it, and I just send out a mass text: 'I just bought food. Dinner's at 8. Text me if you're coming.' "

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" I never had trouble within the audition room. That is a room that I control. So while I certainly experienced versions of what Titus Andromedon was going through, I never experienced the self-doubt. "

" I feel like communication is the same whether you're cooking for someone or singing or writing a song or writing a play or ordering from McDonald's. "

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" When I need to exorcise a demon, I grab whatever score is going to house the song I need to sing out of my system, and I sing it. "

" When I cook at home, most of the people I cook for want to be in the kitchen while I'm cooking. I love nothing more than someone monitoring how much salt I put into something, how much pepper I add - but nothing that you can offer is going to sway how I decide to deliver information to you; you'll either receive it or you won't. "

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