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" I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else. "

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" My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother little duckling costumes and put us in kiddie shows. "

" I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks. "

" I don't like to sing loud. "

" I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray. "

" I'm not a reactionary. "

" Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc. "

" I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos. "

" For a while it was hard for me to say no to work. "

" I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing. "

" I was always a very good student. "

" I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want. "

" For years, I had no time for exploratory travel. "

" My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. "

" 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 my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style. "

" I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals. "

" My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education. "

" I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that. "

" I would love to do more private concerts. "

" No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen. "

" I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy. "

" With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force. "

" 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. "