It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.

I have trouble with modern art. But in general, all art forms fascinate me - art is the way human beings express what we can't say in words.

If you could have the arms of Hercules, legs as swift as the wind. If you could leap shoulder high above the rim, have the kick of a dolphin, the reflexes of a cat. If you could have all these, you would have the body, you would have the tools. But you would not have greatness until you understand that the strongest muscle is the heart. To me, that's the soul of the Olympic Games.

Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child.

I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame.

I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.

The voice is something very mysterious. It's difficult to say what is inside a voice that moves people.