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" And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music. "
Harsh
Woven
Music
" As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly. "
Important
Me
Music
" I do a lot of vocal hygiene. "
Hygiene
Lot
Vocal
" I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again. "
Sunshine
Enjoy
Will
" I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community. "
Community
Come
Musical
" I don't think I have ever met a single person who isn't moved by music of some kind. "
Person
Kind
Music
" I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now. "
Right
Speaking
Now
" I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible. "
Possible
I Can
Audience
" I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time. "
Time
House
I Am
" I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard. "
Thought
Beautiful
Most
" It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that. "
Me
You
Fame
" I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses. "
Fat
Glasses
Like
" I wouldn't want to criticise someone like Charlotte Church because she has done fantastically well, but personally I've always cared about the long term. "
Church
Done
Long
" Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to. "
Get
Music
Too
" Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself. "
More
Me
Herself
" One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group. "
Problems
Face
Group
" Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose? "
Drama
You
Now
" Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices. "
Business
Needs
Singing
" That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is. "
Music
Profound
Communication
" The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide. "
Wide
Deep
Heritage
" There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career. "
Unseen
Singing
Successful
" To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home. "
Listen
You
Tell
" What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that. "
Present
Best
People
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