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

If I have to hold a note for a long time, I imagine it as moving and spinning, for the note has to have life. In a way, a singer actually refreshes a note with every beat that it's held.

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

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

Singers can also get away with a lot based on youth, strength and enthusiasm, only to find ten years later that what was once just a niggling problem has brought their careers to an end.

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.

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