Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.
Lesley Garrett

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

To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.
Lesley Garrett

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.
Lesley Garrett

What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that.
Lesley Garrett

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.
Lesley Garrett

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.
Lesley Garrett

I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.
Lesley Garrett