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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.

I Want To Keep My Voice Young, With Nothing Heavy.

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.

A Lot Of Performers Don't Want To Leave The Circuit, The European Opera House Circuit, Partly Because Most Singers Don't Sing Many Concerts, Or At Least Not While They Are In Their Prime.

We Are Unique, Each Human Voice, Not Because We Are Completely Self-generated, But Because Of Who We Choose To Assemble The Countless Factors That Made Us.