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There has never been a time when I was not committed to, involved in, or caring of, the social and political issues of my world.
I am deeply spiritual; I revel in those things that make for good - the things that we can do to shed a little light, to help place an oft-dissonant... →
I feel comfortable singing in the great cathedrals of the world because I spent so much time as a child singing in church. And it isn't very... →
I try to frighten my very young colleagues into studying and understanding their voices before they attempt things that are beyond them. It's... →
If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what people are going to... →
There is a lot of propaganda about opera singers not being able to act. That's not necessarily true and hasn't been true for a very long... →
I am not one to equate dress size and artistic performance.
I am the proud and humble recipient of more than 30 honorary doctorate degrees.
I walk an 11-minute mile without huffing and puffing.
I was given a stethoscope in a child's 'doctor's bag' at about age six and I loved it! One could hear the heart beating through that... →
I'm a sloucher, sort of, when nobody's looking.
I'm dying always.
If I were not able to separate the art from the artists, I think I would limit myself a great deal, and life wouldn't be nearly as interesting.