An interpretation exists because of what we find between the notes.

For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.

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'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.

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

No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.

Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.