Go Back Home’ encompasses not only actual geographic location but also, for me, back home in the worlds of music and theatre, and back home in terms of making albums again. There are lots of meanings to that. Audra McDonald Read Quote
I choose things that challenge me. I was afraid of the camera – that’s why I chose to do ‘Private Practice.’ It’s not like I left the theater. Audra McDonald Read Quote
I came from a really musical family. I studied classical piano because my grandparents were piano teachers, but started doing musical theater at age nine in Fresno, California, and went to a performing arts high school. That was my life. Audra McDonald Read Quote
I’ve been so lucky, with incredible mentors along the way, that now I need to be that for someone else. Audra McDonald Read Quote
I used to think I needed to have drama at all times, or I wouldn’t have the fuel for the performance. Now I know that’s not true. That doesn’t mean I don’t feel it, but I recognize it when I do and put the brakes on. And if the performance isn’t what it might have been once, I’ve learned not to judge myself as much. Audra McDonald Read Quote
All you can do is do good work, and do the good work for the sake of doing the good work and your evolution as an artist. That’s what’s most important to me. Audra McDonald Read Quote
Not to get too sort of mystical, but I believe in fate. I believe when roles are presented to me in my life they’re for a very specific reason, something for me to learn. Audra McDonald Read Quote
I certainly miss playing piano, and I really wish I did it more – it’s really a very therapeutic thing to do for me. I just need to be home for more than a few minutes to be able to play more, I guess. Audra McDonald Read Quote
I feel a connection to many songs that I won’t sing because I don’t think they are right for me! There is something in my gut that immediately responds. There’s no science to it. Audra McDonald Read Quote
