If I have to hold a note for a long time, I imagine it as moving and spinning, for the note has to have life. In a way, a singer actually refreshes a note with every beat that it's held.

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

Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher.

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.

I don't like to sing loud.

For a while it was hard for me to say no to work.

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.