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.

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 do kind of transcend the song and give it a different meaning.

What makes life complicated is the things that are on me and it is very hard to keep things simple. I see it as I am complicated and there is innocence to this.

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

I think I do have my own technique. I don't like to depend on teachers. So I'm walking on my own way, and I try to be as natural as I can. I think it's the only way to be yourself.