There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?

The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody.

You don't need any brains to listen to music.

I was an elementary school teacher.

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.

For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

He wants only to rest and to have a little peace.

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

I am a very superstitious person.

I want to be famous everywhere.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.