I think there are people who use classical music to say, 'I am better than you, because I know all the rules and you don't.' You're not allowed to have fun or entertain.
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I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.
It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it.
When I'm in the classical world, I really treat it as exactly classical and I don't try and spruce it up or jazz it up or make it easier for the masses.
The classical music world is so snobbish.
Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn't brought up in a home where we listened to classical music. It was a singing teacher that thought it would be best for my voice. Then I moved into crossover. And if that makes the music accessible to more people, then great.
We have to go and show these people what classical music is. We say sometimes that classical music has a small audience, but it's because people don't have the chance to be closer to it.
People perceive opera and classical as elitist - I disagree. I've always tried to mix the two, make it more accessible.
I was born out of classical music.
Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.
My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop record, they would tell me to turn it off, so I only listen to classical.
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