I Learned So Many Roles So Quickly

For Years, I Had No Time For Exploratory Travel.

I've Spent Hours And Hours Doing Research Into Appalachian Folk Music. My Grandfather Was A Fiddler. There Is Something Very Immediate, Very Simple And Emotional, About That Music.

An Interpretation Exists Because Of What We Find Between The Notes.

Very Few Opera Singers In History Have Been Able To Cross Into Popular Music.

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.