"I always assumed that opera was a world in a space that I shouldn't go into, which I shouldn't even bother."
"When I am standing on a stage and am fully present and people are gazing back at me with that look of expectation, I absolutely feel like I am the luckiest human on the planet. I get to do what millions of people wish they could do."
"If that's how you hear it, I'm going to I'm going to fight like hell to give it to you.I'll nail it by concert, I promise you."
"Our story is about this particular journey. It's a different journey, but the same journey that I think other people have had as well. "
"That is the process of writing: getting people to ask questions and to take risks and try things they don't know how to do and dare to have it fail."
"I think one of the hardest things to do is to strive for perfection and then have the humility to recognize that you did your best."
"I don't feel like we're a well-kept secret anymore. We're well kept and we're out in the world much more."
"Even while enjoying extraordinary music and the beautiful visuals that we have, it is meant to to remind us of our place in this precious world we live in."
"We are there to communicate with emotions. We are there to transport. We are there to support history, the imagination of somebody. And if it all gets just corrected by politics, it loses its purpose."
"The rest of the week is going to be pretty jive. But right now I'm not worried about the rest of the week. I'm celebrating right now. That's the message we're trying to get out of here."