“I walk an 11-minute mile without huffing and puffing.” — Jessye Norman Quote

“I walk an 11-minute mile without huffing and puffing.”

“I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or I'll just read some Mary Oliver - this is a book that was given to me for Christmas. No particular genre. And I read in French, and I read in German, and I read in English. I love to see how other people use language.”

“I didn't think at all as a young child that music would be my profession. It was just something that one did along with going to Brownies or going to church or going to school or anything else that one did in sort of one's very young life.”

“Even though Richmond is a three-quarter mile, it's a fast short track... So it gives you - maybe you could call it a false of security a little bit, but it seems to be working for me.”

“I can spot someone with similar fashion sense to me a mile off.”

“I have a horrible sense of direction. I could get lost a mile away from my house.”