“When one thing takes another away, what do we call that?” she asked my class. “Homicide!” I called out”

“I have a sack of hate mail that I want to respond to. One day, when I’m tired or tipsy, I will respond and tell them what I think.”

“But one of the big lessons I have learned from my journey is you can’t please everyone, so don’t try.”

“I can sing and dance. I can smile - a lot.”

“I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.”

“Just because ANYONE CAN, DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE CAN.”

“Conner raised an eyebrow. 'Who told you ”

“It's better to be the hero of your own story than to become the villain of someone else's.”

“We wouldn't want to live in a world where no one believed in themselves enough to make their own dreams come true.”

“There's nothing wrong with you. There's a lot wrong with the world you live in. And definitely get out of high school and make everyone sorry.”

“I don't stop. It's my nature. People have to tell me to slow down. I plan on playing every role on Broadway. I want to do 'Evita.' I want to do 'Sweeney Todd' with Chris Colfer. We want to do 'Wicked.' I'll be Elphaba and he wants to play 'Guy-linda.' I want to do movies, make music. 'Glee' is only the beginning.”