Guess the world needs both sun And the moon too Sad with what I have except for you.

I'll be honest, I worry sometimes about what I've done. I have tied my whole person to my art and, whatever it takes to get that hook, I will go there and do it.

I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money.

The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.

Somebody curse the light And take me far away from myself

The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.

I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.