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

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.

I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.

My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother little duckling costumes and put us in kiddie shows.

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

While it's a fact that a voice begins with natural talent, any talent must be nurtured, cajoled, wrestled with pampered, challenged, and, at every turn, examined.

I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.