My idol has been Franco Corelli. But every singer can teach you something.

To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.

Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.

I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.

I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to love.

My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was to record entire operas when I grew up, and this dream came true.