Everyone got really close, but Taye and I especially became close friends. And then one night we went to the movies, and I think we saw Twister, and he held my hand. And there it was! -On her courtship with her husband, Taye Diggs, who she met through the musical "Rent".

I feel like I was born to do this... I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.

It`s hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for Rent because the rest of the country doesn`t know who we are. Once I walk out of the door of Rent, and I`m on the subway, it doesn`t matter. It`s an exaggerated sense of fame. - on the international `Rent` craze.

Things happen for a reason, and in their own time.

I`ve been singing since I was born. It`s something I do everywhere I go. In the shower, walking down the street. I don`t need any impetus to do it. I just sing.