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

I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting.

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've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.

When I sing, the sound is a totally different range, color, all of it. It's all about the breath. You take in a breath and you make a sound.

Music enabled me as a fragile young person to give voice to emotions I could barely name, and how it enables me to give my voice the unique and mysterious power to speak to others.

No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.