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

Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

I want to get out of the major opera houses.

Someone once said that there are probably seven naturally good singing days in a year-and those are days you won't be booked. What we must learn is how to sing through all the other days.

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.

The more you put into it, the more you and the audience will get out of it.