He would sing Rent songs to me. He told me how much he really loved musical theatre, which you would never know.

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

As much as I appreciate people putting me in the category of these very acrobatic belters, I feel like my strength is my... interpretation and my truthfulness with songs, and I don't want young people to think it's all about the high notes that they have to hit.

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

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.

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