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Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.

I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which is a huge deal in America - singing the National Anthem.

There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer.

A lot of people would have loved me to keep singing... You come to a point where you have sung, more or less... your whole repertoire and you want to get down to the job of living.

Let's be clear: I love singing at the Met.

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.

I consider it one of the greatest accomplishments of my life that I have learned to sing.

You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the peak of their powers.

I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.

I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.