I just create, that's what I do.

- Patti Lupone

I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can I play that has the most effect? What can I play …

- Patti Lupone

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.

- Patti Lupone

Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.

- Patti Lupone

The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.

- Patti Lupone

Sometimes love doesn't come to us. We have to go out hunting. It's like pigs looking for truffles. It's called dating.

- Patti Lupone

I don't listen to the contemporary pop artists. They all sound alike, anyway.

- Patti Lupone

I think the way I can sing the way I sing is because of the way I talk to my animals. I hit some really high notes.

- Patti Lupone

To transform the world women need to demand their place - which is not equal, but superior.

- Patti Lupone