Colm Wilkinson

As I tell my children, the first thing is always health. Get sleep, don't party, don't do drugs or drink. If your body is right, then you will be right, and if your body is wrong, you will be wrong. Live like a Buddhist monk! ”

My favorites are songs that I get an emotional charge from, whatever genre they're in. ”

People ask me how I sang the role of the 'Phantom' 1,700 times. And I say that it's down to good material. If it did not have good material, I would have had a major problem doing it for that length of time. ”

I absolutely had a dream of doing 'Man of La Mancha' one day; that's a long time ago. ”

You have to learn how to read contracts, how to position yourself, and about marketing. That is why you find the most successful artists are the ones who can mix creativity with business. ”

When I work with a character like Valjean on stage, I get totally absorbed in that man. I become that man. But there's always, outside of that, the third eye, which watches what you're doing. And you can say to yourself, 'I'm crying well' or 'I'm being angry well.' But there's always that element there, and it never stops. ”

As a journeyman singer, I have to go to where the work is. ”

Have you seen the Broadway version of 'The Lion King?' Go and see it. That's where the future of musical is. ”