There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.
Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.
My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.
I'm ruthlessly picky when it comes to the crafting of an album, the choosing of musicians, the right mikes, the right studios. There was a time when it was, 'whatever you want.' Then, as you learn a little bit more about your tastes, I don't give in to that kind of thing.
It wasn't that I got pinned against my locker, but I was intensely aware that the things I valued weren't shared by anyone. Girls didn't like me, and I had few friends.
After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible.
You live in a bubble, generally, when you're touring and recording - you're in confined - in alone space, wherever you are, in the dressing room or in the studio - so sometimes it's hard to grasp that bigger picture of things that are going on.
We got to see Sondheim shows, 'Phantom of the Opera,' 'Cats' and all sorts of stuff. When you're 10 or 11 years old, it's just magnificent. The story-telling, the music - it lifts you out of your seat.
All of the things an arts education gives a young person enhance leadership skills and help raise grades.
I don't have a circus around me, and that's a choice. I like to be on Planet Earth as much as possible.
In ballet class, I felt like Ralph Wiggum.
Comedy and music are so similar because it's all about timing.
I'm the world's worst dancer. I have dancephobia.
I've seen a lot of people burn very brightly and very quickly, and I think you can become overindulgent sooo quickly in this business, and so I try not to fall into any of the trappings that would affect me very negatively.
The time period I had in my life to look like an idiot and fail, and for no one to see that, came and went when I was 17. When you have early success, people are just lying in wait.
When you have the chance to present yourself vocally, you realize a kind of brand develops around that vocal, and you start to see the public consciousness of you is only about one half of your brain.
I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set.
Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me.
I wore out the Broadway 'Tommy' recording. I just loved it.
The best way for me to teach myself an instrument is to just jam on it, and sound awful sometimes, and sound great other times.
