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. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
I don't think I have ever met a single person who isn't moved by music of some kind. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney… — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite,… — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
I also have to support my speaking voice by sitting in a way that engages the diaphragm in the way I would for singing. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
