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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Song
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a while it was hard for me to say no to work.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.
- Loud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to sing loud.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Reactionary
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a reactionary.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to do more private concerts.
- Image
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray.
- Nov 07, 2020
For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else.
- Jazz
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.
- Envious
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is always fragile, being a parent.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think touring is hard.
- Opera
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opera is really fun.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were both high-school music teachers.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.
- Exactly
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not exactly an angry young person.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm rarely singing in English.
- Legacy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 going to worry about that.
- Ideal
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting.
- Opera
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to get out of the major opera houses.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020