I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.

I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray.

I was always a very good student.

We sing with the entire body. The sounds that we make emanate not just from the head, but from the whole heart and soul, and, most important, the gut.

With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.

I want to get out of the major opera houses.