Not many people are able to say that they had in their professional career the chance to perform in two bands that won Grammys and were multiplatinum bands.

I think to stay in one sound is a career killer.

Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.

There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.

I've loved musical theater ever since I was a kid. My mother's a pianist, and my grandfather was an amateur theater director and stand-up comic. And I was an only child. And I loved attention. So from an early age, my family was teaching old musical songs.

As a little girl in Arizona, none of the women in my family had a cultural connection with Girl Scouts, but the opportunity resonated with my mother as a platform that would allow me to excel in school.

A trick for looking taller is to wear a top and pants in the same color family - and to hide heels underneath the pants!

I'm really in touch with my Italian roots. My mom's whole side of the family is there.