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I first started listening to Sondheim's work when I was a kid.

- Josh Groban

Work, Listening, Kid, Sondheim

We got to see Sondheim shows, 'Phantom of the Opera,' 'Cats' and all sorts of stuff. When you're 10 or 11 years old, it's just magnificent. The story-telling, the music - it lifts you out of your seat.

- Josh Groban

Opera, Magnificent, Your, Sondheim

Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music.

- Josh Groban

Waiting, Through, Race, Bell

I've seen a lot of people burn very brightly and very quickly, and I think you can become overindulgent sooo quickly in this business, and so I try not to fall into any of the trappings that would affect me very negatively.

- Josh Groban

I Think, Very, Brightly, Trappings

You live in a bubble, generally, when you're touring and recording - you're in confined - in alone space, wherever you are, in the dressing room or in the studio - so sometimes it's hard to grasp that bigger picture of things that are going on.

- Josh Groban

Sometimes, Studio, Confined, Dressing Room

I wore out the Broadway 'Tommy' recording. I just loved it.

- Josh Groban

Loved, Broadway, Recording, Tommy

I wound up graduating from the Los Angeles County School for the Arts as a theatre major and then was honored to be accepted into Carnegie Mellon's Musical Theatre program.

- Josh Groban

Angeles, Musical, County, Carnegie

I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.

- Josh Groban

Talking, Out, Bullies, Comedic

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

- Josh Groban

Rock, Shower, Rock Star, Diva

I don't have a circus around me, and that's a choice. I like to be on Planet Earth as much as possible.

- Josh Groban

Possible, Like, Planet, Planet Earth

I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set.

- Josh Groban

Play, Wonderful, Set, Stone

It wasn't that I got pinned against my locker, but I was intensely aware that the things I valued weren't shared by anyone. Girls didn't like me, and I had few friends.

- Josh Groban

Like, Shared, Pinned, Locker

When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job.

- Josh Groban

Kind, Like, Couple, Outrageous

I wasn't the best student, and for some reason, I always got music. While other people were having trouble figuring out notes on a page, I could listen to it once and play it back.

- Josh Groban

Play, Some, Always, Figuring

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

- Josh Groban

I Remember, Feel, Pass, Depressed

I'm ruthlessly picky when it comes to the crafting of an album, the choosing of musicians, the right mikes, the right studios. There was a time when it was, 'whatever you want.' Then, as you learn a little bit more about your tastes, I don't give in to that kind of thing.

- Josh Groban

Musicians, About, Tastes, Crafting

I grew up in Los Angeles, and my first musical theatre experiences were at the Music Center in downtown L.A.

- Josh Groban

Center, Angeles, Musical, Los Angeles

I was the boy who liked to sing his own songs at talent shows, and I was suddenly officially uncool.

- Josh Groban

Boy, Own, Suddenly, Officially

There are so many incredible causes, no one better than the other. There are lots of organizations that need our help and lots of ways we need to help one another.

- Josh Groban

Need, Other, Another, Organizations

What most people know about me, they know through my music. This time, I've tried to open that door as wide as possible. These songs are a giant step closer to who I really am and what my music is all about. Hence the title.

- Josh Groban

Door, Through, About, Closer

After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible.

- Josh Groban

Perfect, Study, Decide, Lyric

I think that things like Twitter and the blogosphere are so instantaneously critical that I think it's actually created a bit of a culture of artistic fear to branch out too much because you don't want to be slammed.

- Josh Groban

Critical, I Think, Bit, Slammed

My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.

- Josh Groban

Good, Hit, Ever, Funeral

All of the things an arts education gives a young person enhance leadership skills and help raise grades.

- Josh Groban

Education, Young, Grades, Arts Education

I've been offered private planes, and I'm like, 'No!'

- Josh Groban

Been, Private, Offered, Planes

The best way for me to teach myself an instrument is to just jam on it, and sound awful sometimes, and sound great other times.

- Josh Groban

Teach, Other, Best Way, Jam

The time period I had in my life to look like an idiot and fail, and for no one to see that, came and went when I was 17. When you have early success, people are just lying in wait.

- Josh Groban

My Life, Wait, Had, Lying

Grobanite makes me think of a type of harmless crustacean.

- Josh Groban

Me, Think, Makes, Harmless

I was a shy kid. I was awkward. I was picked on.

- Josh Groban

Shy, Kid, Awkward, Picked

In ballet class, I felt like Ralph Wiggum.

- Josh Groban

Like, Ralph, Felt, Ballet

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