"I was intrigued and dazzled and humbled and intimidated until I was 51. That was the first time I ever performed as an openly gay man onstage through the courage that his lyrics gave me."
"When you and I have to exist in the art, entertainment, artistic world, I know I need to choose gratitude when the pendulum swings at the end of the day - even in these hard situations."
"I've grown to know the music even more deeply. It's a body of work that I hold very close to my own heart. I feel very fortunate to have been able to do it."
"Everyone obviously loves Sondheim and these songs are amazing, but when you're in the middle of a pandemic do you really want to hear the Sweeney whistle blowing in your ear like problems?"
"I'm looking at this group of assassins and it's less about the individual acts, but more of who is this collective body of Americans who have to resort to this or feel that they have to resort to this violence to be seen and heard."