I did every thing, even dirty jobs like dishwashing or delivery boy for a grocer.

It is a very personal thing to me, because this is my basic voice, this is where I come from, and it is one of the oldest voice styles in human history.

It was just as shocking for me to sing opera in a falsetto soprano in Germany.

I see myself as universal, not as a German, American, French or whatever, because we all live on this planet. We're all living on the earth.

I'd like to thank everyone for supporting me and making me believe in my work.

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.

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