I didn't really start going to see a lot of musicals and live theater probably until I was in seventh or eighth grade, maybe my first year of high school, and by that time I'd probably seen 'Grease' twice a year every year of my life.

I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York.

I never went to high school. I never really finished eighth grade. I was kicked out of seventh grade once and eighth grade twice. Mainly for not showing up and not doing it. Then I went to an alternative high school for part of what would have been ninth grade and part of what would have been 10th grade.

In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.

I was a schoolteacher; I taught seventh and eighth grade, and I tried to write fiction on the side.

It was our dream ever since seventh or eighth grade. Ever since we found out the game was (at UA), we made it our goal to get here and get it done. It's very special. It's amazing to finish out at home on a note like this.