Gregg Shapiro
"Because words are so important to me, I would have to say that singer/songwriters rank highest among my favorites."

Diego Sans
"Go ahead and alert the men in Chicago I’m looking for a husband."

DJ Seth Breezy
"I’m really looking forward to bringing the sexy tribal beats for you guys this year."

Brian Cook
"I was a sucker for soft rock power ballads when I was ten."

Chuck Panozzo
"I was raised a good little Catholic. What’s more theatrical than the ritual of the Catholic church?"

Justin Tranter
"If we want the rest of the world to fully accept us we have to accept and encourage our community and ourselves first."

Dan Martin and Michael Biello
"At the heart of the show is the story of our 40 year relationship as life partners and creative collaborators."

Raymond Luczak
"What’s so fascinating about Whitman is how much of a harbinger he was of not only the American identity but also of other identities."

Cynthia Lee Fontaine
"Some Kim Chi for breakfast is not going to be bad!"

Ralph Hamilton
"Joy and laughter are as much a part of life as grief and tears."

Anthony Rapp
"Well, I think there is a great opportunity with theatre to reflect life back at people."

Alan Cumming
"The whole concept of the show was about being authentic and connecting with these songs."

Randy Harrison
"I really think time caught up with it and has liberated the story."

Dave Koz
"I feel like collaboration in music has allowed me to grow musically beyond my wildest dreams."

Andrew Haigh
"It’s so difficult when you make gay-themed films – it was never my intention to only make films about gay characters."

Paul Lisicky
"I used to say I leap genres from book to book so I won’t repeat myself, repeat the same atmosphere, voice, imagery. But this book was different."

Yoko & The Oh No's
"I’ve read the Out 100 issue for years, so for me it was surreal to have something written up about our band in there."

Jamie Lambert
"Collabro are really big LGBT supporters. We absolutely love the LGBT community. Musical theater, you know [laughs]."

Josh Thomas
"We take bits and pieces and muddle them around with fiction."

Matthew Rettenmund
"I was obsessed with Madonna and Cyndi Lauper and all these `80s people."

Anthony de Mare
"I think he’s one of the greatest lyricists we’ve ever had. One of the greatest poets we’ve ever had."

Robert Cornelius
"I was raised on House music from the start. I went to high school with Steve Hurley."

Thomas Bezucha
"Like a lot of gay guys, I was in love with a straight guy when I was in high school."

Jarrett Neal
"For a long time, many issues concerning black gay men had been tugging at me, things I had observed and experienced."