If your body is not in shape to sing [from the diaphragm] you will push and push but keep falling back on your throat to make the sound. This will ruin your voice.

I am a very superstitious person.

As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully.

Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.

If your body is not in shape to sing [from the diaphragm] you will push and push but keep falling back on your throat to make the sound. This will ruin your voice.

If you know why you fall in love, you aren't in love

It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.