A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.

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

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

Well, any time Im preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, its as if in a way, like any other athletes, these are muscles that support the vocal cords which are just I believe cartilage. It demands a kind of constant warming up and a constant feeling of where is the voice today.

I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

The first thing I did when I made a little bit of money as a singer was to buy myself an amber necklace. This is often the way we put together our lives, adding the striking qualities of others into our own character.

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.