The voice changes very slowly. I keep mine well under control and try with all my might to keep it exactly as it was at the very beginning.

Often, I went in love with some friends in school. And, no, I suffered. Only later, things went better.

More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder.

I don't like being called 'macho.' Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he's smart. That's smart in both senses: elegant and clever.

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

A career is like a house: it's made of many bricks, and each brick has the same value, because without any one of them, the house would collapse.