One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.

I like so many different kinds of music that I've never allowed myself the limitations of one particular range.

It is still more likely that a woman's power would be seen as aggression, and a man's power would be seen as assertion.

As for my voice, it cannot be categorized-and I like it that way, because I sing things that would be considered in the dramatic, mezzo or spinto range. I like so many different kinds of music that I've never allowed myself the limitations of one particular range.

I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things that truly I've not done before.

One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.

I have enjoyed most particularly reading the correspondence between Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. The genuine friendship, competitiveness and support that thread through their communications are life lessons for us all.