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

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 have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

I'm not exactly an angry young person.

I have a noble history of being rejected by a lot of places, only to discover that the one that finally lets me in is in fact the perfect fit.

Perfection often creates such a flawless surface that there's no place for the audience to enter into a piece, while the idiosyncrasies of individual style are like windows into the singer's heart.

In a sense, it's less about seeing how high up I can vault than about seeing how deeply I can explore my potential...Ambition for me is about the willingness to work, the ability to mine my own soul fearlessly.