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 enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

While it's a fact that a voice begins with natural talent, any talent must be nurtured, cajoled, wrestled with pampered, challenged, and, at every turn, examined.

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

Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music.

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

Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.