We simply write the kind of music we enjoy most and hope that our audience will enjoy it too.

We simply write the kind of music we enjoy most and hope that our audience will enjoy it too.

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with read more

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.

There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for read more

There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.

I think it's going to be an awesome experience to serve people. Most people in college think spring break is read more

I think it's going to be an awesome experience to serve people. Most people in college think spring break is going down to the beach.

I would also like the portraits to remain in Austria.

I would also like the portraits to remain in Austria.

It makes all the difference in the world,

It makes all the difference in the world,

I don't generally go to a club because I want to go 'clubbin', ... but in England, all pubs close read more

I don't generally go to a club because I want to go 'clubbin', ... but in England, all pubs close at 11:00 p.m., so I go to clubs because I want to drink later in the evening.

Donors must respond now if we are going to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.

Donors must respond now if we are going to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.

We have some guys who are injured that I have to prove myself against.

We have some guys who are injured that I have to prove myself against.