Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?

The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.

As soon as I arrive at the house, Laurie starts running, hits my chest, knocks me down, and licks my face. It's become a family ritual.

There were times in my career ... when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

I know that anybody who does all this and doesn't have to, everything thinks she's very driven. The truth is, I enjoy it all so! Can't it be that simple? I think it is! I don't feel overworked. I get a constant kick out of being heavily committed. Is that sick or something? God, what would I do sitting still?

I've always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.