I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals.

My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother little duckling costumes and put us in kiddie shows.

I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy.

I haven't really been able to transfer into that extraordinarily other worldly creature, other than I hope on stage.

Fostering creativity in children is as important as any other part of the school curriculum because it feeds the soul. A daily dose of creativity helps children imagine a better world and then create it.

I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.

Among the important realizations I had in my own days in the practice room was that if any one route to any one phrase didn't work after days of trying, then the exact opposite route should at least be explored, as well as every alternative in between, as counterintuitive as that often seemed.