I would love to do more private concerts.

I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.

I don't like to sing loud.

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

I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I reject that.

I'm not exactly an angry young person.

I have a noble history of being rejected by a lot of places, only to discover that the one that finally lets me in is in fact the perfect fit.