I Don't Want To Record Anything Unless

My Worry Is That Opera Will Become An Historic Art Form As Opposed To A Living, Breathing Thing.

In A Way, Being An Opera Singer Is Like Being A Very Romantic Sixteen-year-old Who Falls In Love With Great Passion And Conviction Every Month.

With Classical Singing You Have To Put Out So Much Air - You Project, You Emit Force.

Perfection Often Creates Such A Flawless Surface That There's No Place For The Audience To Enter Into A Piece, While The Idiosyncrasies Of Individual Style Are Like Windows Into The Singer's Heart.

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.