Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.

Because everything about the voice interests me, I felt it would be fascinating to learn a completely different style of singing.

Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.

Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.

An interpretation exists because of what we find between the notes.

The first thing I did when I made a little bit of money as a singer was to buy myself an amber necklace. This is often the way we put together our lives, adding the striking qualities of others into our own character.

For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.