I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.
Michael CerverisI studied voice at Yale with Blake Stern from the music school, and he had me singing German lieder and Italian songs.
Michael CerverisMy father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid they used. The first time I was ever on stage was about 2nd grade.
Michael CerverisFor music, I always just played music myself - and, I had rock bands and wrote songs and put bands together that were loud, but not especially good. That was sort of the place music had in my career.
Michael Cerveris