Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

I respect very much my public and also the music I perform.

When I sing for myself, I sing in a more free, athletic way. When I face an audience, there is always some fear that makes me put the brakes on a bit.

In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.

A young pregnant wife has been hospitalized for a simple attack of appendicitis. The doctors had to apply ice to her stomach and when the treatments ended the doctors suggested that she abort the child, they told her it was the 'best solution' because the baby would be born with some disability but the young brave wife decided not to abort, and the child was born. That woman was my Mother and I was the child.

I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the ones of the public.

When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music.