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.

The Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment.

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.