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

I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.

I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I reject that.

Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.

I don't like to sing loud.

One of my timesaving habits is to save all of my magazines and junk mail for airplane trips. I walk on the plane with a very heavy bundle, but by the time the trip is over, it can all be thrown away.

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