43 Quotes by Lesley Garrett

I still have singing lessons every week twice weekly with the same singing teacher I had at the Royal Academy of Music.

Whichever route they choose as long as they're doing it seriously and looking after their voices and training then they'll be fine.

Seeing that made me understand how profound the drama of opera was and how music theatre is the most powerful audiovisual form there is.

You've got to very much be part of today's society and you've got to use 21st Century techniques to draw attention to what you believe in.

It was really lovely to find another way to express music. I found that singing and dancing have such a lot in common.

So between my mother playing two-part inventions by Bach on the piano and my dad singing Ivor Novello, I became what I am today.

But you mustn't get seduced by the kind of fame that comes with media attention.

The community that underpinned my upbringing was born from the pits and the steelworks and the railways.

My mum used to say to me, 'Spit on yer 'ands and take a fresh 'old.' Keep going even if you have setbacks.