For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style.

No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.

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.

Music enabled me as a fragile young person to give voice to emotions I could barely name, and how it enables me to give my voice the unique and mysterious power to speak to others.

I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

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 am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals.