I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want.

I want to get out of the major opera houses.

I was always a very good student.

I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else.

When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly.

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 don't like to sing loud.