Australian - Musician | April 11, 1979 -
I have to take care of myself. It's about self-preservation.
Danielle de Niese
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I've always considered myself to be a travelling soul. I've never felt out of place anywhere.
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Outreach appearances in the schools are usually part of my contracts, and I love doing them.
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I believed in Santa Claus until I was 12!
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Music is as integral to me as my own DNA. My life has become a continual soundtrack, with music underscoring the most powerful and even the most banal moments of my life.
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From my perspective, music allows me to escape from the world of what is happening right in front of me... to the world of my thoughts, my dreams, my hopes and ideas - for the world, for my own life, for the day, even for the moment.
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I'm a huge dog person; I love to hug and kiss them.
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I spent my first 10 years in the Commonwealth. I come from cricket, crumpets, cucumber sandwiches, the Queen.
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What I see as specially English is the charm - everyone is so polite. Being restrained is part of the charm. And I love the sense of humour - it takes me back to Australia. The English are great at making fun of themselves. They're so self-effacing.
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I know there are lots of regional accents in England, but I can't tell them apart and I'm not really aware of class. I don't pay any attention to those boundaries. I'm a California girl.
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I think of myself as an Olympian. I have had a dream since I was a very small child. And because I have parents without whom I couldn't have realised that dream.
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To be a famously successful opera singer. I wanted that since I was eight.
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