It was he who impressed, time and again, the necessity of singing as nature intended, and - I remember - he constantly warned, don't let the public know that you work. So I went slowly. I never forced the voice.
The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which exists only in the mind's eye.
I would never sign on to a project that was male-bashing, because first and foremost I'm a man... what guy would sign on for that?