Patti LuPone — American Musician born on April 21, 1949,

Patti Ann LuPone is an American actress and singer, best known for her work in stage musicals. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee... (wikipedia)

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 to get people to laugh?
Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.
Smile at a stranger. See what happens.
I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me.
The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.