Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Maria Jenkins OBEis a Welsh lyric mezzo-soprano, singer and songwriter. She is a popular classical-crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth29 June 1980
CityNeath, Wales
interested man people pop royal variety
For me, with the Blue Man Group, I got asked. It was for the Royal Variety Show, which was something I always wanted to be a part of. I'm really interested in things people don't necessarily expect. I did a pop song, but I did it in my own style.
bullying children able
Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this.
mistake lessons achieve
You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.
memories school thinking
I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicianship and blending your voice.
party college glasses
I did once shatter a chandelier. I was singing with my college choir in Wales. I was the soloist and I hit the high note and there was this massive bang and all this glass came down from the ceiling. I'd like that to be my party trick if I can perfect it.
voice alcohol sound
I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm not as bad as I used to be. These days I don't drink alcohol for five days before a show - very dehydrating for the vocal cords, and all that acid reflux. I used to ban it for a fortnight. Nightmare.
self-esteem sexiest
Confidence is one of the sexiest things.
ideas people singing
I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, as I am in front of a few hundred in a small concert hall.
singers wanted
I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.
cutting thinking acting
If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off... She'll cut me down to size!
dad nice believe
In Heaven, I believe my dad is somewhere doing something nice. I feel I've been too lucky to travel this far without somebody guiding me.
style size suits
Marilyn Monroe was supposedly a size 16, which is probably why I love her style; it suits me better.
weekend lunch half
At the weekend, one of the paparazzi left their lunch box filled with half-eaten pasta salad on my doorstep: it was like a little warning, you know? 'We have been here.'
mistake long people
People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life.