“If you are going to take me a to a musical, you'd better give me three...” — Dennis DeYoung Quote

“If you are going to take me a to a musical, you'd better give me three songs that I'm gonna like. Nobody goes to the opera for the recitative. They go for the aria.”

“It's always best when everyone in the group is on the same page.”

“I wasn't a guy who grew up wanting to be in 'Funny Girl,' if you know what I mean. I wanted to be in the Beatles.”

“I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.”

“I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18.”

“I never wanted to be an opera singer. I wanted to be an actress, maybe a rock singer.”