43 Quotes by Lesley Garrett

I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community.

I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.

As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly.

One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.

What's real is your ability to sing, your ability to entertain the public, your goals to be the best artist you can.

I credit him with getting me started in television,

I love being blown away by something bigger than myself, like a ship on a stormy sea, and Peter Grimes does that.

Just walking along Shaftesbury Avenue gave me such a buzz - it still does - and communicating with an audience through music is still the biggest thrill in the world.

Last autumn I made a programme about the history of the Strauss family and of the waltz, which involved a trip to the beautiful city of Vienna.