I'm very optimistic about the future, because... Okay, with Audra McDonald, even just on Broadway, they cast her in shows that are usually not played by African-American women, so she's very inspiring to me just because of that, you know what I mean?

My grandparents actually, whenever they got the chance, took me to Broadway, but that started when I was in high school, because that's when I realized... At the very beginning of high school, I realized, 'Oh my gosh. Okay, this is a career choice for me.' So yeah, then they always brought me to New York to see Broadway shows whenever they could.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.