I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

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

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

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

Because everything about the voice interests me, I felt it would be fascinating to learn a completely different style of singing.

I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of singing.

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