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

My philosophy is that the people around us are there doing as much work if not more work behind the scenes and they're the last people you would ever be unkind to, so I hope I'm not a diva off stage.

There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing.

Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music.

The reason that some singers go on to become great artists has very little to do with their voices, but rather with the fact that they have used their instruments as tools for detailed communication.

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

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