I started working when I was seven and I was working for five dollars a night at the Met.

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.

It's the best feeling when you wake up and it's warm and cozy, and you don't have to go to work.

I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though.

I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something that me and my friends used to do when we were in gymnastics class as kids, and I can still do it. I was doing it since I was 8 and 9. They used to call me Gumby. Very bendy.

I'd say that my musical influences are anywhere from pop-rock electronica, new age and classical. But I think that specifically, bands - I love Jem, I love Sigur Ross, I love David Gray, I love Elliot Smith... a lot of different people. But I don't find lyrical inspiration from anybody.