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That's been my sort of aim in life, to never miss an opportunity.


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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.



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Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.



When I perform Strauss, it is as if the music fits me like a glove. My voice seems to lie in a happy area in this music, which is lyrical and passionate at the same time.

When I perform Strauss, it is as if the music fits me like a glove. My voice seems to lie in a happy area in this music, which is lyrical and passionate at the same time.



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.

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.



I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long.

I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long.



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.

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.



The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.

The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.



I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.

I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.



I'm more confident now than I've ever been. As you get older, you have to be.

I'm more confident now than I've ever been. As you get older, you have to be.



I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment.

I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment.





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