"The orchestra doesn't follow us. We sing together."
"Preparation is very important. Play to the vowel, not the consonant."
--Dr. Joyce Farwell

"Sing the whole grocery list, we're gonna get the pop tarts." "I like granola bars." "okay, granola bars." --Dr. Lee Thompson, Matthew Wallace

"Tell the story. Act like you're in a movie; show the audience what's happening. Tell the story."
"When you throw yourself into the aria, that's when you start seeing the meaning."
"It's not about the note, it's about the language."
"Long, beautiful lines. Listen to the piano part and add to the beauty, not stand apart from it."
"Make it intimate, make the song personal."
"C.S. Lewis said that sometimes you have to go outside the poem and get the true meaning of it, then come back into the poem and make it real."
"Fully understand what the poem means. If you understand what the poem means, you will sing it like it's supposed to be sung."
--Dr. Lee Thompson