There's No Performance Where I Never Have

The Student's Job Is To Stay Open-minded, To Quell The Knee-jerk Defensiveness We All Possess In The Face Of Suggestions For Improvement, And To Maintain Patience When Faced With A Process That Is Often Slow, Confusing, And Frustrating.

Your Brain Has A Music Room, And Evolution Would Not Have Gone To The Trouble Of Designing That If It Didn't Have Some Benefits. So, That Suggests To Me That We And Our Ancestors Have Had Music As A Central Part Of Our Experience For Eons. And We're Just Beginning To Understand How That Might Be. I Think That's Fascinating.

I've Always Been Inspired By Artists Who Have Shown Musical And Intellectual Curiosity And The Courage To Take Risks.

We Sing With The Entire Body. The Sounds That We Make Emanate Not Just From The Head, But From The Whole Heart And Soul, And, Most Important, The Gut.

No Voice Teacher Can Be All Things To All People. You Have To Gain Information From Whatever Sources You Can. You Have To Listen.