With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD

There are certain people who have become better artists, but they're brilliant at marketing. I think someone who's been phenomenal like that is Madonna.

Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist

You're presuming too much by using the word legacy - presuming that someone is going to care.

No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing

I like the simple 'I love your work' letters. You never get sick of people's appreciation. They think they're troubling you, but it's lovely people associate my songs with certain moments in their lives.

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight