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

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

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.

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

Perfection often creates such a flawless surface that there's no place for the audience to enter into a piece, while the idiosyncrasies of individual style are like windows into the singer's heart.

When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly.

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