"Lesley Garrett" Order of the British Empire/CBE is an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality. She is noted for being at home in opera and "crossover music".

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Just walking along Shaftesbury Avenue gave me such a buzz - it still does - and communicating with an audience through music is still the biggest thrill in the world.

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I love being blown away by something bigger than myself, like a ship on a stormy sea, and Peter Grimes does that.

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

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So between my mother playing two-part inventions by Bach on the piano and my dad singing Ivor Novello, I became what I am today.

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Whichever route they choose as long as they're doing it seriously and looking after their voices and training then they'll be fine.

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And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.

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What's real is your ability to sing, your ability to entertain the public, your goals to be the best artist you can.

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Seeing that made me understand how profound the drama of opera was and how music theatre is the most powerful audiovisual form there is.

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I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.

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