The vocal cords are a muscle, and like any other muscle in the body, they can be strained. So you have to warm up.

What if you didn't have education for sports? People with a natural inclination for sports, athletes without any kind of education, without any kind of training, they would just be couch athletes instead of the world class Olympians that we have.

I am so proud to call myself Canadian! Thank you, Canada, for welcoming me with open arms!

I would have to say that my very first encounter with the arts was when my mother bought me my first record player when I was six years old as well as a Karen Carpenter record.

I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too.

A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.