“I feel like I love a little bit of everything. I grew up listening to ...” — Russ Quote

“I feel like I love a little bit of everything. I grew up listening to the stuff my parents liked, from Earth, Wind & Fire, Luther Vandross, Billy Joel to Bruce Springsteen and The Mommas & The Poppas.”

“When you're sitting in the basement trying to get on, you have no choice - you've gotta figure out how to make a song: 'I've gotta bang on these buttons until it sounds good.'”

“Trends die. That's the natural thing about a trend. It's natural for people to be followers and be sheep and go with a trend.”

“The idea that the Tony committee and the New York theater community as a whole have embraced 'Billy Elliot' is very, very exciting.”

“To me, what the 'Billy on the Street' persona is, is me as a 12-year-old.”

“I'm a student of comedy in general, so I've always loved Billy Crystal. But I'm a different type of showman. I'm a clown and a jester.”