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 have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.

A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.

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.

There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing.

I would love to do more private concerts.

In a sense, it's less about seeing how high up I can vault than about seeing how deeply I can explore my potential...Ambition for me is about the willingness to work, the ability to mine my own soul fearlessly.