"I was thinking about the breathing thing. This is a much calmer sort of experience. It's also a challenge for me because normally I write a lot of fast notes. "
It wasn't just his tenor voice, but there was something bordering on ethereal about his singing. Perhaps it was his 3-1/2 octave range that first grabbed me.
"I think Leonard Bernstein would be the first to agree that you would always find new things in old things. That was the essence of Leonard Bernstein."