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I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy.
I would love to do more private concerts.
I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.
I'm not a reactionary.
I'm not exactly an angry young person.
I'm rarely singing in English.
I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.
It is always fragile, being a parent.
My parents were both high-school music teachers.
When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly.
With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.
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... →
I'm American. I'm eclectic. I'm going to follow my musical passions. And if people don't like it, and it hurts my legacy, I'm not... →