Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.

I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won't go away from home for more than two weeks.

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

'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting emotions, of sleepless nights.

I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm involved in. Science gives hope.

I am not only fighting against something, I am fighting for something - and I am for life.

I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British understand opera very well.