I am singing in an operatic voice for the public, to bring something more to Rock and Roll. Because in a Rock and Roll performance, the singer talks to the public whereas in Opera the singer only talks to a character, inside a story. The public sees this as a picture, I want to transport this picture into the room where the public is.

People do accuse me of being just decorative or an escapist - well I am. That's what I do. I am other things as well. I transcend the song and give it a different meaning.

Every time I bought a Rock and Roll record, I bought a classical record at the same time. I like each as well as the other.

I think it is nice to be a little magical. Today we need this. All that we can read in fairy tales or in books. I think somewhere it is all around us. But nowadays we can think that this magic has been killed and I am try to make it survive as long as possible.

Elvis Presley is my spiritual father, and as you may know Maria Callas is my spiritual mother.

The way I look is part of it. It sounds affected but I do see myself as a piece of living art.

The urge to sing was so strong one day I performed in a club and it was very successful.