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.

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.

I'm not exactly an angry young person.

For a while it was hard for me to say no to work.

We are unique, each human voice, not because we are completely self-generated, but because of who we choose to assemble the countless factors that made us.

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 want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy.