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"'I believe muscles tense up to match one's own inner and mental tension.'" (62)

"I think of my voice as an hourglass. The bottom has breadth and width and a color that is deeper and darker. As I go up through the passaggio...I must imagine a sound that is narrow, like the waist of an hourglass. The passaggio is slim and focused, and there can be no pressure or weight there, just as you wouldn't want to put any weight on such a delicate passageway of glass." (44)