I'm Not A Reactionary.

In A Sense, It's Less About Seeing How High Up I Can Vault Than About Seeing How Deeply I Can Explore My Potential...ambition For Me Is About The Willingness To Work, The Ability To Mine My Own Soul Fearlessly.

So Much Can Be Gained From Watching Other Singers, Seeing What They Do And What They Don't Do, Seeing How They Look When They Breathe, How Wide They Open Their Mouths For A High Note.

There's No Performance Where I Never Have To Think About Setting Up A Phrase Or Making A Technical Adjustment While I'm Performing.

I'm Not A Reactionary.

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.