Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

I've been to almost every country in the world, and the most frustrating thing for me has been that my schedule has always been so busy that there's so little time before and after performances to explore where I'm visiting.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

The themes I sing about tend to be centered on love, but in the most total, general way 360 degrees of love.

People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.

When you sing opera you are very far from the people, you are onstage, and between you and the people there is the orchestra. So you have to launch your emotions very, very far. When you sing pop, you are singing very close - the microphone is very close to your mouth. You can whisper your emotions into the microphone.

To sing a duet together means sharing with someone both the pleasure and the responsibility of making music for an audience which is there to feel enjoyment through music.