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In my case, the listener is often in an automobile driving to work. You can concentrate on the road while still getting an audio message that can be riveting.

From a very early age, I was in tune with pop radio, and most of this listening was done driving. We had an old '67 or '65 Buick LeSabre, and whenever we would drive around, I would actually stick my head right against the speakers in the back and sing along to the music.

It's always pretty amazing to hear your own voice on the radio.

Your spoken voice is a part of it - not a big part of it, but it's something. It puts people at ease, and once again kind of reaches out and makes a bridge for what's otherwise difficult music.

What I like is when you can hear the heart and soul of music and can feel the energy coming out of it, because that's what it's like when you drive.

I've always had volume on my side: the big-voice-in-a-small-package thing. I surprise people.

I just find it thrilling, especially when I totally lock in to the person that I am doing and I'm really flying... I suppose I am hiding myself when I sing as these other people.

The difference between talking on your cell phone while driving and speaking with a passenger is huge. The person on the other end of the cell phone is chattering away, oblivious.

When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - it's beyond belief.