Quotes from Darren Criss

Theater is a living creature. It takes a while to break in, like a new pair of shoes.

I don't shave when I'm not working.

When I was in college, I was in the theater department, which for anyone who has been involved in any kind of theater program, you know that it's really wacky and tight-knit, a real family. Me and my good friends from college would do random shows and plays that were sometimes serious, but most of the time really goofy and funny.

I'm always just waiting for someone to cut me off; I'm a chatty guy.

I mean, come on, Beyonce's the queen of pop music. She's the queen. If you could run for queen... I would put her name in the suggestion box. She's incredible.

Challenge is good for any relationship.

The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise.

I never let my politics supersede my manners.

When I was in college, I was in the theater department, which for anyone who has been involved in any kind of theater program, you know that it's really wacky and tight-knit, a real family. Me and my good friends from college would do random shows and plays that were sometimes serious, but most of the time really goofy and funny.

As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything.

Hope for everything, expect nothing.

Buy my album because... it's the kind of music you can be friends with. And it's the only way that *pause* aliens won't come to Earth and destroy us. I am sure of this.

As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.

I never let my politics supersede my manners.

Fashion is about owning whatever you're wearing, regardless of if it's a high fashion statement or not.

I have an unabashed adoration of cheesy pop music.

I've always loved Broadway, but I never thought I'd actually do it because I was never a full Broadway dancer. And I don't have a big, booming voice.

The power of a smile goes a long way. My mom taught me that.

Yeah, there has been alot of changes in my life since I started glee...I bought a new sweater.

I remember seeing 'Aladdin' when I was five or six and loving it. I looked at the big screen and said to my mum, 'Whatever this Genie guy does, I want to do.' Mum said I couldn't be a genie, but that Robin Williams, who did the voice-over in the film, was an actor. So I said, 'OK, then, I want to be an actor.'

I think people love to attach themselves to the idea of an overnight success. That may be true about me.

I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself.

The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise.

My name's Darren. I'm a musician, part time idiot. That's a full time job actually.