I'm Not A Reactionary.

I Do Everything In The Third Person. Performance Is About Being Someone Else.

Music Enabled Me As A Fragile Young Person To Give Voice To Emotions I Could Barely Name, And How It Enables Me To Give My Voice The Unique And Mysterious Power To Speak To Others.

I Think Opera Has Gained A Kind Of Glamorous Appeal. It's A Live Performance That Aligns All Of The Arts, And When It Is Represented In The Media, In Film In Particular, It Is Presented As Something That Is Really A Special Event, Whether It's A Great Date Or Something That's Just Hugely Romantic.

At This Stage In My Career, I Don't Have To Take Any Big Risks. You Want To Take A Calculated Risk, Not One That Leads To People Saying 'yes, But There Was That One Time When She Made That Big Mistake.' It's Always A Shame When That Happens, Especially If You've Gotten By For Decades Without Anything Hugely Tragic.

For A While It Was Hard For Me To Say No To Work.