My whole career I played these girls sort of 18 to 23.

I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals.

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

I was always a very good student.

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

Your brain has a music room, and evolution would not have gone to the trouble of designing that if it didn't have some benefits. So, that suggests to me that we and our ancestors have had music as a central part of our experience for eons. And we're just beginning to understand how that might be. I think that's fascinating.

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.