“I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicians”

“I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast mysteries around.”