I walk an 11-minute mile without huffing and puffing.

I am deeply spiritual; I revel in those things that make for good - the things that we can do to shed a little light, to help place an oft-dissonant universe back in tune with itself... Long live art, long live friendship, long live the joy of life!

I was given a stethoscope in a child's 'doctor's bag' at about age six and I loved it! One could hear the heart beating through that plastic toy.

There has never been a time when I was not committed to, involved in, or caring of, the social and political issues of my world.

I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.

As for my voice, it cannot be categorized-and I like it that way, because I sing things that would be considered in the dramatic, mezzo or spinto range. I like so many different kinds of music that I've never allowed myself the limitations of one particular range.

My arias make me take off as if I were on a trampoline.