A man without makeup is like a cake without icing.

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.

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.

Well, you know, I am in the business and I like to promote myself.

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.

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

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.