Norman, Okla. That's where my folks live, so it's home to me.Collection: Home
I want to eat good Italian food and get better at their language. It seems so romantic too.Collection: Italian
I'm very, very sad to say that the only Sondheim show I've done is "A Little Night Music" and it was when I was in college.Collection: Night
Calling all dance music producers! I'm available.Collection: Calling
Making fun of anyone's size, height, scarring, anything like that equals dumb.Collection: Fun
New York. It's home to opera, Broadway, museums, the ballet and orchestra - everything that I love. The most real people in the world live there.Collection: New York
Chicago - it's a mini-New York.Collection: New York
As far as what made it on there [The Art of Elegance record], it was tough. It's probably one or two songs too long, but I just couldn't (cut any more). That's what I ended up with. I'm really proud of it.Collection: Song
Some relationships aren't meant to be Great Love; they're meant to be like a hot fudge sundae--enjoyable but not something you can acually live on.Collection: Great Love
I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter.Collection: Honor
All my life, I'd been on the receiving end of my mother's endless tenderness and vigilant care. Being allowed to care for her during her recovery was a gift – the most rewarding experience in my life.Collection: Mother
I've finally graduated from 'I don't give a hoot.Collection: Giving
The thing is, I would need the right producer [for dance-music album ], right? "Calling all dance music producers! I'm available.Collection: Albums
There might be two or three songs I'm trying out. I've been singing these songs (on the new album) in the studio, but I haven't really done them live. It's intimate to sing them in a studio. Now, I've got to be on a stage and be in front of a lot of people.Collection: Song
I got to see Linda's [Hart] live when it first came on Broadway. I just loved her. I've always been a fan of hers.Collection: Fans
Michelle [ Pfeiffer] was perfect as Miss Baltimore Crabs.Collection: Perfect
I would love to make an album full of ballads. For a listener, I want to have variety on there.Collection: Albums
They had me all happy, singing. It was very awkward. I think the writers are frantically planning something appropriate to honor him, but we don't know what.Collection: Thinking
I had to cut a lot of things I wanted to keep [in The Art of Elegance]. I'm going to have to do a part two for sure.Collection: Art
I don't speak during the day. I warm up physically and, obviously, vocally, constantly. And I try to live like a nun.Collection: Trying
I enjoy going to Palm Springs when I'm living in Los Angeles.Collection: Spring
I am a creature of the sun. I don't ever mind being in the heat.Collection: Mind
After 9/11, I was like many people in New York City and got a little depressed. I began to check myself into The Waldorf Astoria for room service, movies and just to chill. I wanted to contribute to the great city of Manhattan.Collection: New York
I love eating at Sonic with my family in Oklahoma. And no, I'm not kidding.Collection: Oklahoma
I'm kind of a weirdo; I love prison movies and war movies.Collection: War
Equality is truly sweet.Collection: Sweet
I'm a very controversial figure in the Christian world. I don't believe if you're gay or you have a drink or you dance, you're going to hell. I don't think that's the kind of God we have. The Pat Robertsons and Jerry Falwells of the world are scary. I want to be a Christian like Christ - loving and accepting of other people.Collection: Christian
"I Get Along Without You Very Well" is not as well-known. It's complicated. First of all, it's range-y. It's not necessarily an easy sing. It's also deep. A lot of times people just don't want to go there.Collection: People
A professionally trained actress should be a better liar, wouldn't you think? But no. I am pathetically underachieved in that area. I can think of a great lie. I'm plenty imaginative. But before the words are even out of my mouth, there's a weird tickle of unease in my armpits, a horsefly of guilt lands on the back of my neck, and before I can stop myself, that gassy little bubble of truth belches out.Collection: Liars
I'm constantly changing up my show. It's never the same.Collection: Shows
Lots of these songs I hadn't performed, but I've always wanted to. These are songs that I wanted to get in my wheelhouse. I sang them over and over and over and over again. Of course, I've fallen in love with them all.Collection: Song
I'm sick of people who've never been to church telling me that church is full of hypocrites, and people who've never read the Bible telling me that it's baloney.Collection: Hypocrite
I'm trying to learn, as I'm in my 40s, to embrace what I've been able to achieve and be proud of it. And I know there's roles that I will want to play before I die but, you know, I'm still just taking one day at a time.Collection: Play
I get joy, and actually, a high... by putting a quarter in a meter.Collection: Joy
I am a Christian and I don't want there to be any confusion about what I believe or who I am. I don't believe gay people are going to hell. I believe that judgment is left to the one upstairs and I believe Jesus is all about love. If I can live my life even just a smidgen the way God made his son for us as an example, I'm happy. I do not judge other people for what they believe, but for me, this is what works.Collection: Christian
You go in and record and sing them some and you go back in and rerecord and sing them some more. That's kind of how I did this album [The Art of Elegance].Collection: Art
I read my Bible and I pray and all of that. I really do. But at the same time, I dont think being gay is a sin. Period.Collection: Gay
I started cutting my teeth on "Someone To Watch Over Me" [George Gershvin] in the college. I've sung that one for a while. There's something so simple and sweet about that lyric.Collection: Sweet
I've got to include things like "I've Got A Crush On You," and put my stamp on it with the (openly gay) saxophonist Dave Koz.Collection: Crush
The lasting legacy of the Cooter Smash is that I'm the first to know when it's going to rain. That's right. I both sing and predict the weather with my hoo hoo.Collection: Rain
I'm an actress and a singer and I'm also a Christian. We're not all crazy right-wingers. I just want to be like Jesus, forgiving and loving and nonjudgmental, accepting of everyone even if they don't agree.Collection: Christian
I love London because of the history. The times I've been there have been some of the best memories in my life. Singing there, seeing great theater - and the people like a Southern accent.Collection: Memories
There’s a difference between making fun of something and having fun with something.Collection: Fun
I’m finally dating. It’s fun.Collection: Fun
Making fun of anyone’s size, height, scarring, anything like that equals dumb.Collection: Fun