I also have to support my speaking voice by sitting in a way that engages the diaphragm in the way I would for singing.
My mum used to say to me, 'Spit on yer 'ands and take a fresh 'old.' Keep going even if you have setbacks.
Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.
I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.
There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.
One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.