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" I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%. "

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" Growing up I studied classically and did lots of shows in school. "

" The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older. "

" Along with enough sleep and taking proper supplements, I steam - in my steam shower. I find it's very healing, more than just your typical 'tea and honey.' "

" I can sing 'Happy Birthday' to you in twelve different places, but one of them is going to make you feel a certain thing, maybe it's a vulnerability, maybe an innocence, maybe another way is sexy and soulful or bluesy whatever it is, but with singers, exploring keys, I think, is important. "

" If I want to tuck my son into bed and read him a story, but that means I have to take a red-eye to get to a concert - which I would never think of doing otherwise - that's just the way it is. Even if I can't hit the note that night, I got to tuck my child in! "

" Being a role model is about being true to myself. "

" As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty. "

" I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time. "

" You get to relive your childhood when you have a baby and you see these toys and these books you read when you were little - the innocence that you are able to maintain because you have to find that again in order to connect with your child keeps you in a special state of mind. "

" The most successful people are so original. "

" I started singing weddings and bar mitzvahs at 15, lying about my age. It was a great discipline. "

" I would like to get another job in London or tour there. I miss my friends. "

" All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny. "

" My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can. "

" I've met so many of my idols, but the one person that has eluded me is Bono. But because he's done 'Spider-Man,' I keep thinking maybe, through a Broadway connection, somehow our paths will eventually merge. "

" I just enjoy being onstage and relating to the audience. "

" I think that if you're doing a new musical, you want to have the opportunity to experiment and try things without the whole city of critics looking over your shoulder. "

" I'm trying to focus on original material. That is what I've had my luck with. "

" I set the bar high because I don't want to do just any other show just to keep working. I want to do something special that means something to people and speaks to them. Those kinds of opportunities don't come along all the time! "

" You can't be the vulnerable, transparent, raw person required to be an artist, and then cover that stuff up and meet the world with some kind of armor on. It just doesn't go. "

" I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I feel for the audience that I have; I know them. "

" I used to take 40 minutes to warm up before going on stage. If you want to spend time with your child as well as having a career, you have to get up there even if your head's a mess. It's made me more relaxed, and I'm having some of my best shows. "

" I like to originate new roles and characters for musical theater. "

Musical Theater

" Performing live on stage is such a community, whether it's my musicians or a cast of a show that I'm in. And then when you're in the studio or on set, it's a much more solitary experience. Both can serve me at different times in my life. And when I go back and forth from one to the other, it helps me appreciate all of them much better. "

" I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer. "

" I will never leave the theater. My heart is there, and I love being on stage 8 times a week. "

" For singers, I believe we can sing in a lot of keys. I know I have this big range, but the point is to find a key that emotionally connects people. "

" People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?' "

" I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand. "