Opera Is For A Lifetime, Not Just

I Knew That I Could Be More Creative Onstage, To State My Own Case And Deliver My Own Interpretation Of The Role Much More Aggressively Than In The Recording Studio.

I Never Had The Influence Of Any Other Singer In My Music, So I Sounded Like Myself All The Time.

I Grew Up In The New Zealand Countryside. We Didn't Have Television Until I Was 14, So Sing-alongs Were Our Only Entertainment.

My Energy Is Undiminished. Someone Said To Me The Other Day, 'are You Retired?' And I Said, 'well, I'm Just Trying To Prove That I'm Not.' There's So Many Things To Do.

I'm Completely In Charge Of My Own Life Now. Sometimes There's No One There To Slap Me On The Hand And Say: 'stop Being So Bullish And Bossy,' And Things Like That.