I Feel Like Humans Are A Disease.

My Music Started As A Way To Break Through Weaknesses - Like Anxiety, Which Was Completely Taking Over My Whole Life, Where I Could Barely Function.

And My Music Is Always Such A Release Of What I Feel Inside, An Impulse.

I Guess Something People Wouldn't Expect Me To Listen To Are Artists Like Alicia Keys. But She Is So Incredibly Talented. She Has This Huge Voice And Great Work Ethic, Which I Really Respect In An Artist. She Is Also Very Humble And Gracious And Devoted To Her Skill.

The Word "theatrical" Makes Me Cringe, Because It Suggests A Performance Is Staged, Put On, Rehearsed. And While All This Is True For An Opera, I Believe The Act Of Singing And Performing Should Always Be Honest, Raw, Guttural.

As A Child, I Was Always Making Sound; It Was A Compulsion. I Loved To Scream And Yell And Sing; It Freed Me From All The Thoughts In My Head. I Begged For Opera Lessons Because Opera Singing Is The Most Formidable, Most Emotional Way To Use Your Voice.