Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.
I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.
The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.
If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.
An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.
No matter what as an artist that's always what you want to do, you want to connect to the audience, you want to be able to send whatever message it is that you're singing about, you want to be able to convey that - and not make them feel - you want them to feel it, you want them to feel what you feel.
My favorite type of music to sing to would be rock and roll, Tenacious D, Led Zeppelin, some Queen - I love all of them. I love singing to them because they're all just great voices. I love listening to very obscure jazz.
If they're singing about heartbreak, they've lived it.