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• Lesley Garrett:

  There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.

• Lesley Garrett:

  It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fo

• Lesley Garrett:

  I wouldn't want to criticise someone like Charlotte Church because she has done fantastically well,

• Lesley Garrett:

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

• Lesley Garrett:

  Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

• Lesley Garrett:

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

• Lesley Garrett:

  That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is.

• Lesley Garrett:

  Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to.

• Lesley Garrett:

  I don't think I have ever met a single person who isn't moved by music of some kind.

• Lesley Garrett:

  Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to