"I appreciate that you have your own tastes, but — give me a break!"

"I went, and I was rejected immediately — like that. First chance I got to sing, they said "you have a very excellent …"

"I'm really proud of you for having come this far — every single one of you, wherever you are, you're on your way — yo…"

"Many people have said since the beginning — actually, all my life — "don't you suppose you were born in the wrong era…"

"I've been told I sound like I'm out of an old movie; that perhaps I'm faking my voice, that it's nice, that it's not …"

"'There is always hope, we can always love, we can always be kind; we have neither excuse or loss by degree of sufferi…"

"There is a big difference you see between privately letting someone know that you're displeased, whether they've done…"

"I had no idea how much music and singing really means to people, and in my own tiny way to be a part of that is very …"

"I look at the lyrics, and if that's something honest for me at the moment, I'll sing it."

"Hi, new people — there's a lot of new people. Welcome to the family. We're a little weird here, but we're all very ni…"