It was just as shocking for me to sing opera in a falsetto soprano in Germany.

People do accuse me of being just decorative or an escapist - well I am. That's what I do. I am other things as well. I transcend the song and give it a different meaning.

There are moments in my show that are very moving as well as amusing.

Elvis Presley is my spiritual father, and as you may know Maria Callas is my spiritual mother.

When I was twelve, the biggest name in Rock and Roll was Elvis Presley. I bought an EP, "King Creole". I hid it in the basement, but my mother found it.

Every time I bought a Rock and Roll record, I bought a classical record at the same time. I like each as well as the other.

I am singing in an operatic voice for the public, to bring something more to Rock and Roll. Because in a Rock and Roll performance, the singer talks to the public whereas in Opera the singer only talks to a character, inside a story. The public sees this as a picture, I want to transport this picture into the room where the public is.