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 haven't really been able to transfer into that extraordinarily other worldly creature, other than I hope on stage.

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.

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

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

If I have to hold a note for a long time, I imagine it as moving and spinning, for the note has to have life. In a way, a singer actually refreshes a note with every beat that it's held.

I would love to do more private concerts.