Musician

I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear.

The coal mining industry is very destructive and it doesn't have to be.

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.

I did Chicago on Broadway the year before last. That was a great opportunity and I had a blast.

Florida has tons of entertainment opportunities because Walt Disney World and Universal Studios are there.

I am not a tree-hugger and I don't think mine is an extreme point of view.

My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters.

If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger.

In musical theater you have to be very big and very animated, while film and television are more toned down.

I wanted to help raise awareness, so I created an environmental foundation called Just Within Reach.

Once colon cancer becomes symptomatic, nine times out of ten it is too late.

I have been taking classes and I'm familiar with stage, but I'm not as familiar with acting on camera.

My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father.

Prior to that I testified before the Senate subcommittee addressing mountaintop removal.

We're not saying that you don't need coal, but when you do mine the coal there are responsibilities to it. It may cost a little more, but it is the right thing to do.

I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.

I sang in church choir all my life, through elementary school, junior high and high school.

At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special.

So if people will pay attention to what I say because of our success as a group, I am going to use that.

Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out.