Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.

Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.

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

Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes later. For me, it's terrible.

I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have to communicate to people very far from me.

It is not Christian to go against someone. I am in favour of life.

To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.