One of his teachers, Monsignor J. E. Ronan, the founder and first director of the St. Michael's Choir school, told him to listen to the great tenors, Enrico Caruso, Benjamino Gigli, and Jussi Bjoerling.
L'un de ses professeurs, le monsignor J.E. Ronan, fondateur et premier directeur de l'école du St. Michael's Choir, lui a conseillé d'écouter les grands ténors comme Enrico Caruso, Benjamino Gigli et Jussi Bjoerling.