I do kind of transcend the song and give it a different meaning.

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

I'm from Planet Nomi where I wear black lipstick so you can see my lips and what I am doing with them.

I think I do have my own technique. I don't like to depend on teachers. So I'm walking on my own way, and I try to be as natural as I can. I think it's the only way to be yourself.

Sometimes I sing very honestly, really as moving as possible.

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.

I feel threatened, and sometimes it makes me angry because I can't do anything about that, there's just too many issues. But in a way I think my work is meant to get people out of that.