When I teach master classes, I tell young singers if the foundation isn't good, the house will crumble.
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Even if I don't have the money to take vocal lessons, I'll practice in the house by myself singing out loud.
My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them.
You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
I think I'm making a difference for a lot of young singers.
I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun.
The fact is that the learning process goes on, and so long as the voices are not stilled and the singers go on singing some of it gets through.
I have a greater goal - to empower young people through music education.
It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that.
Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.
Don't ever take a dramatic lesson. They will try to put your voice in a dinner jacket, and people like their hominy and grits in everyday clothes.
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