I am a very superstitious person.

I've been buying the same lambrusco from Correggio [a town between Reggio-Emilia and Modena] since 1965.

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 remember quite well that 10,000 audience sang with us three on the spot, and ever since then, I always thought the Chinese audience are the greatest audience.

I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.

The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.