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

I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of singing.

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.

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.

I don't like to sing loud.

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