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People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them.

There's a spiritual complement to any attempt at transposing a commitment to humanity through music or art.

It is amazing to sing in front of a live audience. It is incredible. The energy is awesome.

One of the most beautiful things that recruited me to join the LaRouche movement is its emphasis on Classical singing and composition, especially with the Negro Spirituals, adding a new depth of profundity to songs I had sang while growing up.

If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.

I feel like vocals are to music what portraits are to painting. They're the humanity. Landscapes are good and fine, but at the end of the day everyone loves the Mona Lisa.

When I went to college at the University of Nevada back in Las Vegas, I got tricked into singing in choir. The first thing we did was the Mozart 'Requiem.' That was the piece that changed my life overnight.

I always sang in church always was in a gospel choir and directed choirs and always performed, but I never thought of it as a powerful thing.