Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived. I'm still learning all the time.

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.

I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother little duckling costumes and put us in kiddie shows.

I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want.

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.