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.
Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.
No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain...
I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance...
I have had a very difficult time with stage fright it undermines your...
Learning operatic roles is ongoing and I find that I can learn on the train...
Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming...
Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean I've never...
My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table I had a...
I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and...
One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the...
I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to...
If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed I agree with you.
The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music...
I didn't really see the British punk movement if that's what it was as...
One and the same thing can at the same time be good bad and indifferent...
Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I...