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 think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.

I am open to everything.

On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me.

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.