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" I was always a big fan of 'Pippin' and 'Godspell,' even before I heard 'Meadowlark.' "

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" When it comes to your creative life and what it's going to take, you will do a disservice to everybody if you just dabble. "

" I'm a strong follower of hydrotherapy. "

" I'm drawn to raw material and raw emotions. "

" There is genuine healing in a beautifully crafted musical theatre song, like Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind,' or a pop music gem like Joni Mitchell's 'Help Me.' "

" I have a soft spot for vintage movie houses covered in goo; what can I say? "

" Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every day. The melodies are timeless in the rock world, the lyrics are words that I need to say, and they need to be heard again. "

" As a teen, 'Thunder Road' was always in my head. "

" At the end of 'Next to Normal,' you can see the light. 'There will be light.' That's the reason the show exists. Those are the last four words. "

" Nothing is hanging on my walls. "

" I've been committed to personal growth since I was a teenager, and I'm a believer in the idea that your thought is the only thing that matters. "

" All day I wait for my job, which I do at night, and once I get there, I walk a tightrope, jump through hoops, and take breathtaking dives. "

" When I did 'Rocky Horror,' I didn't want to meet the audience afterward, because they'd been having a good time yelling names at me all night, and I didn't really want to tell them that I didn't have such a good time being yelled at all night. "

Having A Good Time

" I come from the Midwest, from the suburbs - growing up hanging out at the mall and looking at the corn fields across the street. I kind of was embarrassed by it for a long time. Then I decided, 'Hey, if everyone else can embrace their homeland and where they're from, I can do the same!' "

" My favorite thing as a performing artist is to get a pile of raw material from a writer who says, 'Will you help me make this real?' There's nothing like starting from scratch. "

" Uzo Aduba over at 'Godspell' is doing an even more entertaining Donald Trump than Donald Trump's Donald Trump. "

" Part of the frustration of being bipolar is people don't understand what it feels like. "

" Now, I come from a long line of narcissists. And I also have no kids - by choice - but I understand not being a mother and the pain that comes from that. "

" Parents are destined to sin against their kids; it's inevitable. As is narcissism and the human condition. Everyone has their ego and their ambitions. Life happens in between. "

" George Benson's 'This Masquerade' is my favorite version of Leon Russell's blue gem. "

" I am always talking to students and telling them how you have to practice every day because you can't wait for someone to hire you. You need something you do for yourself, something that feeds your creative life. "

" My Mickey Mouse ears were given to me by a dear friend. They remind me of how I need to be silly. "

" It's hard being a Barbie doll all the time. "

" I was in the original cast of 'Sunset Boulevard.' I played Betty. But I wasn't on the cast album. "