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If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I always do.

As a young singer, you have to get experience somehow, to try things out and grow as a singer. They way you do that is by going through the ranks and singing at companies like Opera Birmingham. It's a perfect place to foster a career.

A lot of what I have always done is do other singers.

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.

Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.

If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good.

I've been singing since I was 12. And I think that all the information is finally starting to chill out. And I don't have to be fancy. I can just kind of do things and simplify things and try to be the best singer I can be.

The important thing for any young singer or musician is to keep focused on becoming a better musician as opposed to becoming a bigger celebrity.

I don't consider myself much of a singer. I'm a writer first.